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If inventor granted patent of introduction, the invention will be valid for a period of 15 years. Further five years patent may be valid if invention is properly worked in Ethiopia. [8] Ethiopia's first intellectual property law was enacted in 2006, which included provisions for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and industrial designs.
The EIPO has a main objective to maintain intellectual property of Ethiopia and expanding laws and regulations. According to the Director-general Ermias Yemanebirhan, these laws have "laid the foundation of the recognition, certification, and protection of all forms of intellectual property rights". [5]
However, ownership (or legal entitlement) is extremely difficult to establish in the event of loss or theft. In general, the legal situs of the property is where the instrument is located. Bearer instruments can be used in certain jurisdictions to avoid transfer taxes , although taxes may be charged when bearer instruments are issued.
§ 873.1 of the German Civil Code stipulates that the transfer of ownership of a plot of land, the encumbrance of a plot of land with a right and the transfer or encumbrance of such a right requires registration in the Land Register (Grundbuch). Except for the cases explicitly provided for by law, the respective agreement becomes binding only ...
Personal rights, rights in personam, such as those like the Missives of Sale (i.e.: a contract for the sale of corporeal heritable property) alone does not transfer the real right of ownership in itself. [5] Without a conveyance, i.e.: the deed of disposition, and public act (see below), real rights cannot be validly created in Scots law.
The constitution consists of 106 articles in 11 chapters. Articles I-VII contains general provisions on matters of nomenclature of state, territorial jurisdiction, and the Ethiopian flag; Articles VIII-XII describe sovereignty, the supremacy of the constitution, democratic rights, separation of state and religion, and accountability of the government.
70 years from publication if published before 3 August 1993 by a corporation (cinematographic, television, radio works, print periodicals and compilations). [194] Protection term applies to "the whole work" only, i.e. individual authors of each protectable part of the whole work retain their own copyright [ 197 ]
The right to engage in unrestricted political activity and to organize political parties, provided the exercise of such right does not infringe upon the rights of others." [20] Article Two concerns the rights of "nations, nationalities, and peoples" in Ethiopia, referring to the various ethnolinguistic groups in the country. [20]