e) An international application may designate Liberia for an industrial design under the Harare Protocol. f) The owner of a protected industrial design shall have the right to prevent third parties not having the owner‟s consent for making, selling, or importing articles bearing or embodying a design which is a copy is a copy or substantially a copy of the protected design, when such acts are undertaken for commercial purposes. § 12.7. Duration of Registration; Extension a) The registration of an industrial design shall be for a period of ten (10) years from the filing date of the application for registration. b) Upon payment of the prescribed fee in the prescribed manner, the registration may be extended for an additional period of ten (10) years. Advance payment may be made at any time. c) A period of grace of six months following the expiration of each period of registration shall be allowed to apply for extension of the registration, on payment of the prescribed surcharge. § 12.8. Invalidation a) Any interested person may request the Director General or the court to invalidate the registration of an industrial design. b) The registration shall be invalidated if it is established that the object of the registration is not an industrial design in accordance with the definition provided in Section 12.3 or that the requirements of Section 12.1 or Section 12.2 have not been complied with. c) When the grounds for invalidation are established with respect to only one or some of the designs included in the registration, invalidation shall be limited accordingly. d) Any invalidated registration shall be regarded as null and void from the date of the registration and shall be deemed not to have been granted. e) Any dispute over the right to registration of the industrial design under Section 12.3 shall be heard by the court. An interested person may request the court to transfer the registration of the industrial design to him or, alternatively, to invalidate the registration. In case the plaintiff claims to be a joint designer, he may request the court to have his name added as joint designer and, where applicable, as co-holder of the corresponding registration. f) Any final decision of a court on an action taken under this section shall be notified to the Director General who shall record it and publish a reference thereto as prescribed. 65