23 (iii) the holding or concealment of such product for the purposes of offering it for sale or selling it. (2) The acts referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be rendered lawful solely by reason of the fact that the reproduction differs from the protected design in minor respects or that it concerns a type of product different from that of the design. 105.—(1) Reproduction intended for personal or domestic use that may not be assimilated to acts carried out for industrial or commercial purposes shall not infringe the rights conferred by registration of an industrial design. (2) The rights conferred by registration of a design shall not extend to acts in respect of a product embodying the protected design after the product has been lawfully imported or offered for sale on the national territory. 106. Registration of an industrial design shall have effect for five years as from the filing date, save for earlier termination resulting, in particular, from relinquishment, renunciation or cancellation. 107.—(1) The registration of an industrial design may be renewed for two further periods of five years each on simple payment of a renewal fee. (2) The time limit for renewal shall expire six months after the date of the fifth or tenth anniversary of the application. (3) The design renewal fee shall be paid within the 12 months preceding expiry of the current term of protection. However, the six-month period of grace referred to in paragraph (2) shall be afforded for payment of the fee after expiry, on payment of the surcharge laid down in the implementing decree. 108. The rights conferred by registration under this Ordinance shall terminate after each five-year period unless renewed in accordance with Article 107. 109.—(1) Any person who, for reasons of force majeure, has not been able to comply with the time limits laid down by law for carrying out an act and who, for that reason, loses any right deriving from an application for registration of an industrial design or from a registered design, may request restoration of such right if he furnishes proof relative to his failure to comply. (2) Examination of the request shall be subject to prior payment of a fee before the Agency acts and takes a decision. Section 5 Assignment and Licensing of Industrial Designs 110.—(1) The rights attaching to an industrial design that has been applied for or registered may be transferred in whole or in part. (2) Acts involving transfer of ownership, the granting of a right of exploitation or the cession of such right, a pledge or release of pledge, shall be recorded in writing, on pain of nullity. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Code of Registration and Stamps, any document drawn up in accordance with the preceding paragraphs must be recorded with the Agency in the special register of industrial designs in order to be invocable against third parties.

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