ARIPO – 注册外观设计

非洲地区知识产权组织 (ARIPO)

ARIPO Registered Designs – Background:

ARIPO 前身为 ESARIPO(在取消提及说英语之前)是 1976 年在赞比亚举行的外交会议的结果。 1982 年在津巴布韦的另一次会议上通过了《哈拉雷议定书》,根据该协议,ARIPO 有权代表其缔约国授予专利和注册工业品外观设计。

国际公约的成员:

ARIPO 是巴黎公约的成员。

ARIPO成员:

Membership of ARIPO is open to all Member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. At the present time, there are twenty one ARIPO states which may be designated in an ARIPO design application, namely: Botswana, Cape Verde, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé e Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan (excluding South Sudan), Tanzania (mainland), Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

尽管可以在 ARIPO 外观设计申请中指定埃斯瓦蒂尼(原斯威士兰)和坦桑尼亚(坦噶尼喀地区),但这些国家没有专门规定通过 ARIPO 进行外观设计保护的国内法,因此不确定任何外观设计保护都可以通过 ARIPO 外观设计申请在这些国家获得。英国注册外观设计自动扩展到这些国家,但请注意,注册共同体外观设计在斯威士兰(前斯威士兰)和坦桑尼亚不提供自动外观设计保护。

Unlike OAPI, where a single application automatically covers all member states and it is not possible to designate the countries of interest, ARIPO applications specifically require the applicant to designate those member States where protection is required. The total of the official fees paid is directly linked to the number of member States so designated. Renewal fees are also directly linked to the number of States designated.

新颖性要求:

An industrial design shall be considered to be new if it has not been disclosed to the public in accordance with the provisions of the national laws of the Designated State.

可注册性:

尽管哈拉雷议定书中没有关于外观设计主题的具体排除,但规定指定国可以拒绝承认外观设计的注册,理由是这种注册在条款上是不允许的。该成员国的国家法律。

备案要求:

  • 授权书(可以延迟提交)
  • 外观设计的图纸或照片(提交当天需要)
  • 新颖性说明/声明(提交当天需要)
  • 优先权文件(可以在提交后三个月内延迟提交)
  • 如果不是英文,优先权文件的宣誓翻译(可以在提交后三个月内延迟提交)
  • 转让(可以在提交后三个月内延迟提交)
  • 国际分类详情(可在提交后三个月内延迟提交)

延期出版:

可能的

实质审查:

从申请到注册的平均时间:

十二到十八个月

持续时间和更新:

ARIPO 注册外观设计与国家注册外观设计具有同等效力,并受每个指定成员国的国家外观设计法管辖。

根据哈拉雷议定书,ARIPO 外观设计在每个指定国的期限为自申请日起十年。

However, all of the ARIPO design member countries provide for a fifteen year term or longer. If the national law term conflicts with the Harare Protocol then there may be uncertainty as to the term. ARIPO will not accept annuities after the ten year term but it is unclear whether or not one may pay annuities directly to the designated member countries which provide for longer terms. For example for an ARIPO design which designates Kenya, it is not possible to extend the term of the design for longer than ten years.

如果您需要超过十年的外观设计保护,那么我们建议提交单独的国家外观设计申请,而不是提交 ARIPO 外观设计申请并指定各个国家。但是,提交单独的国家外观设计申请的成本远高于提交 ARIPO 外观设计申请的成本。

从申请日的一周年开始,每年都需要缴纳续展费。延期支付续订费允许有六个月的宽限期,但须缴纳规定的费用。

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