Zambia - Register a Industrial Design

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for an Industrial Design Registration in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA). Please tap on the following link to view contact details link.
2. Make sure to have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) office. Fnd the form on page 52 of the following pdf Link.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. For the purpose of deciding whether a design is new or original, the Registrar may make such searches, if any, as he thinks fit.
6. The Registrar may refuse any application for the registration of a design or may register the design in pursuance of the application subject to such modifications, if any, as he thinks fit.
7. An application which, owing to any default or neglect on the part of the applicant, has not been completed so as to enable registration to be effected within such time as may be prescribed shall be deemed to be abandoned.
8. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Registered Design Act, a design when registered shall be registered as of the date on which the application for registration was made, or such other date (whether earlier or later than that date) as the Registrar may in any particular case direct.
9. When there are no proceedings in respect of any infringement of copyright in that design committed before the date on which the certificate of registration is to be issued, the design will be registered.
10. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
11. Collect the certificate of registration from the office in a stipulated period of time.

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Required Documents

• Application for design registration
• A description of the design.
• Proof of identification document(s) of the applicant(s).

Office Locations & Contacts

The Revenue Authority
Pacra House
Haile Selassie Avenue, Long Acres
P.O.Box 32020
Lusaka, Zambia
Contact no.: (+260) 211-255127
(+260) 211-255151
Email address: [email protected]
Contact Details link.

Eligibility

• An Individual (Person) or a company doing business who wants to register their industrial design.

Fees

• Fee for the registration: Pay as per the authority’s request.

Validity

• The validity of the registration will be according to the Industrial Design Act of Zambia.

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Processing Time

• The processing time depends on the verification of submitted documents.

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Required Information

• The name of the applicant.
• The name of the design
• Type of design
• Drawing of the design
• Any other information, as may be prescribed.

Need for the Document

• The registration of a design will give the holder the copyright of the registered design, the exclusive right in Zambia to make or import for sale or for use for the purposes of any trade or business, or to sell, hire or offer for sale or hire, any article in respect of which the design is registered.

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• Registered Design Act of Zambia link.

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