IVanuatu Islands Intellectual Property & Trademark service

EVanuatu, isisekelo esisemthethweni somthetho wophawu lokuhweba yiVanuatu Trademark Act 2003 (“VTA 2003”) eyaqala ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 8, 2011.

Uphawu lokuhweba luchazwa esigabeni 9 ngokuthi “Uphawu lwentengiso luphawu olusetshenzisiwe, noma oluhloselwe ukusetshenziselwa, ukuhlukanisa izimpahla noma amasevisi asebenzelana nawo noma ahlinzekwa ngesikhathi sokuhweba ngumuntu ezintweni noma kumasevisi okusetshenzwe ngawo noma ahlinzekwe ukuhweba ngomunye umuntu. ”

Uphawu luchazwa encazelweni ukufaka incwadi, igama, igama, isiginesha, inombolo, idivaysi, uphawu, isihloko, ilebula, ithikithi, isici sokupakisha, ukuma, umbala, umsindo noma iphunga, noma iyiphi inhlanganisela yalokhu.

Uphawu lokuhweba lungabhaliselwa izimpahla, izinsizakalo, noma zombili izimpahla namasevisi. Uhlelo lokusebenza lwentengiso alukwazi ukumboza uchungechunge lwamamaki.

Ungabhalisa kanjani uphawu lokuhweba eVanuatu

1. Gcwalisa isicelo noMbhalisi Wezimpawu Zokuhweba, esiseVanuatu Intellectual Property Office (VIPO). Kwabafakizicelo bakwamanye amazwe, uzodinga ukuba nekheli lendawo lenkonzo, singakumela njenge-ejenti evunyelwe yakho.
2. Yenza usesho ngaphambi kokufaka isicelo kuphawu lwentengiso lwerejista ukuthola ukuthi uphawu lwakho lwentengiso seluyasetshenziswa yini noma selubhalisiwe.
3. Izimpahla / izinsizakalo zizofakwa kuhlu olucacile nolunembile ngaphansi kweNice Classification Yokubhaliswa Kwempahla Nezinsizakalo Zamazwe Ngamazwe.
4. Inqubo yokufaka isicelo ifaka ukuhlolwa ngokusemthethweni nguMbhalisi, kanye nokuhlolwa ngezizathu eziphelele nezihlobene.
5. Umbhalisi uzobheka ukuthi ngabe uphawu lokuhweba lungabhaliswa yini ngokuya ngemigomo ye-VTA 2003. Isicelo sizophinde sihlolwe ukuhlukanisa uphawu lwentengiso. Umbhalisi uzokwenqaba izinhlelo zokusebenza uma uphawu lokuhweba ludaba oluyihlazo, ukusetshenziswa kwalo kuphambene nomthetho, uphawu lokuhweba kungenzeka lukhohlise noma lubangele ukudideka, noma uphawu lokuhweba lufana kakhulu nophawu lokuhweba esele lubhalisiwe noma lifakelwe isicelo.
6. Izicelo zophawu lwentengiso ezemukelwa nguMbhalisi zishicilelwa kwigazethi esemthethweni ngaphambi kokubhaliswa. Isikhathi sokuphikisa sinezinsuku ezingama-28 kusukela imininingwane ishicilelwe kwiGazethi.
7. Uma kungekho kuphikisana noma unqoba ngokumelene nabo, uMbhalisi uzokhipha iSitifiketi Sokubhalisa.

Ukuvuselelwa kokubhaliswa kophawu lwentengiso lwaseVanuatu

• Ukubhaliswa kophawu lokuhweba kusebenza iminyaka eyi-10 ngemuva kosuku lokufaka isicelo sokubhaliswa kwalo. Ukubhaliswa kuvuselelwa isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyi-10. Isikhathi somusa sokuvuselelwa yizinyanga ezi-3 kusukela ngosuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi kophawu lwentengiso.