The Laws of Zambia
(2) Where the name or portrait of a living person appears on a design, the Registrar
shall be furnished, if he so requires, with consent from such person before proceeding to
register the design. In the case of a person recently dead, the Registrar may call for
consent from his legal representative before proceeding with the registration of a design
on which the name or portrait of the deceased person appears.
10. There shall be excluded from registration under the Act designs to be applied
to any of the following articles, namely:
(a)
works of sculpture other than casts or models used or intended to be used
as models or patterns to be multiplied by any industrial process;
(b)
wall plaques and medals; and
(c)
printed matter primarily of a literary or artistic character, including
bookjackets, calendars, certificates, coupons, dressmaking patterns,
greetings cards, leaflets, maps, plans, postcards, stamps, trade
advertisements, trade forms, and cards, transfers and the like.
11. (1) An application for registration under section thirteen shall contain a
declaration that the application in a convention country upon which the applicant relies is
the first application made in a convention country in respect of the design, whether by the
applicant or by any person of whom he claims to be the legal representative or assignee,
and shall specify the convention country in which such foreign application was made, or is
to be deemed under subsection (3) of section thirteen to have been made, and the official
date thereof.
(2) In addition to the representations or specimens lodged with every convention
application, there shall be lodged with the application or within three months thereafter a
copy of the representation of the design filed or deposited in respect of the first application
in a convention country, duly certified by the official chief or head of the Designs Office of
the convention country, or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(3) If any certificate or other document relating to the application is in a foreign
language, it shall be accompanied by a translation thereof in the English language verified
to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(4) Save as provided by the provisions of this regulation, all proceedings in
connection with a convention application shall be taken within the times and in the manner
prescribed by these Regulations.
PART III
PROCEDURE ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
OF A DESIGN AND EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF COPYRIGHT
Copyright Ministry of Legal Affairs, Government of the Republic of Zambia
Designs excluded from
registration under
section 7 (3)
Convention
applications
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