|
Name of formality |
Certificate for the Registration of Industrial Design |
|
Type of formality |
Certificate |
|
Date of last modification
|
22.12.2017 |
|
Responsible Authorities
|
Intellectual Property Department
|
|
LSIC
|
All sectors
|
|
Who should complete this business formality?
|
The owner of the 'industrial design' that means the form or shape of the product, which is to be created, including the shape, pattern, line, colour, etc. and that owner intends to get the full protection over such Industrial Design within Lao PDR
|
|
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality
|
Persons eligible for protection of industrial property shall be as follows:
1. a Lao citizen or resident in the Lao PDR, or a legal entity or organization
established under the laws of the Lao PDR;
2. an individual that is a national or a resident of any country which is a member of the Paris Convention or other international agreement relating to the protection of industrial property and of which the Lao PDR is also a member;
3. an individual, legal entity or organization with a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of any member of the Paris Convention or of any other international agreement that relates to the protection of industrial property and of which the Lao PDR is also a member.
- A design eligible for an industrial design certificate shall meet the following requirements:
1. shall be new in a sense that it has not been disclosed to the public through magazines or by actual use or displayed, or in any other means in the Lao PDR or any place in the world prior to the date of filing the application for registration or prior to the priority date of the application for registration;
2. shall be ornamental in a sense that it gives a special appearance to the object to which the design is applied or in which it is embodied.
|
|
Additional Comment
|
- Any individual, legal entity or organization residing in a foreign country wishing to apply for industrial property registration shall have a business premise or an authorized representative in the Lao PDR. (article 27 of IP Law)
- An industrial property application and any accompanying material may be filed in either the Lao language or in the English language. Provided however, that for any application or document filed or submitted in English, the applicant must, within ninety days of such filing, supply a translation into the Lao language. Such a translation must be certified to be a correct translation. (article 37 of IP Law)
- A design eligible for an industrial design certificate shall meet the following requirements:
1. shall be new in a sense that it has not been disclosed to the public through magazines or by actual use or displayed, or in any other means in the Lao PDR or any place in the world prior to the date of filing the application for registration or prior to the priority date of the application for registration;
2. shall be ornamental in a sense that it gives a special appearance to the object to which the design is applied or in which it is embodied.
|
