JuriSTEP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 1. An industrial design can be registered if it is new. 2. An industrial design is new if it has not been disclosed, in any place of the world by a publication, or in Sao Tome and Principe by oral disclosure, in use or any other way before the date of the deposit or, if applicable, from the date of priority of the registry application. The Article 3, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (c) shall be applicable in the same terms of this Article with the necessary adaptations. 3. The industrial designs against the good customs or to public order shall not be registered. Article 12 Application 1. The application for registry of an industrial design shall be deposited in the National Service for Intellectual Property and shall contain the application, a copy of the object incorporating the industrial design and to indication of the kind of products for which the industrial design should be used. 2. If the applicant is no the creator, the application shall be accompanied of a statement that justifying the right of the applicant to the registry of the industrial design. 3. Article 6 shall be applicable in the same terms of this paragraph with the necessary adaptations. 4. While the application is pending, the applicant can withdraw it at any moment. Article 13 Registry Verification 1. The National Service for Intellectual Property verifies if the application satisfies the requirements of Article 11 and of the regulation of execution. 2. When the National Service for Intellectual Property understands that the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, registers the industrial design, publishes a mention of the registry and sends to the depositor a certification of the registry. 3. The Director of Industry grants, as date of deposit, the date of reception of the application as long as the deposit fee has been paid and the application includes the name of the applicant and a copy of the object incorporating the industrial design. 4. When the Director of Industry verifies that the conditions of paragraph 2 they are fulfilled he registers the industrial design, publishes a 10