View All - 1979 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances CODE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Code of Intellectual Property Act, No. 52 of 1979, (hereinafter referred to as the "Code") and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (in this Code referred to as the " appointed date ").2. Appointment of Registrar and his duties. 3. Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars 4. Registry and maintenance of registers. 5. Registrars deemed to be public servants. 6. Interpretation. 7. Works protected. 8. Derivative works. 9. Works not protected. 10. Economic rights. 11. Moral rights 12. Works of Sri Lanka folklore. 13. Fair use. 14. Ephemeral recordings.15. Limitation of right of translation. 16. Limitation of right of sound recording and broadcasting. 17. Ownership of copyright. 18. Transfer of copyright. 19. Duration of economic rights. 20. Sound recording. 21. Infringements and sanctions. 22. Fields of application. 23. Abrogation of common law rights. 24. Rights under other laws. 25. Scope of this Part. 26. Conditions for protection. 27. Definition of industrial design. 28. Definition of novelty. 29. Ownership and right to protection of industrial design. 30. Usurpation: Judicial assignment of application or registration. 31. Industrial design created by an employee or pursuant to a commission. 32. Naming of creator of an industrial design. 33. Requirements of application. 34. Right of priority. 35. Application fee. 36. Examination of application. 37. Registration. 38. Issue of Certificate of registration. 39. Register of Industrial Designs. 40. Examination of register and certified copies. 41. Publication of registered industrial designs. 42. Duration of registration. 43. Renewal. 44. Rights of registered owner of industrial design. 45. Limitation of registered owner's right. 46. Assignment and transmission of applications and registrations. 47. Joint ownership of applications and registration. 48. Interpretation. 49. Form and record of licence contract. 50. Rights of licensee. 51. Rights of licensor. 52. Invalid clauses in licence contracts 53. Effect of nullity of registration of licence contract. 54. Expiry, termination or invalidation of licence contract. 55. Licence contracts involving payments abroad. 56. Renunciation of registration. 57. Nullity of registration 58. Date and effect of nullity. 59. Definition of invention. 60. Patentable inventions. 61. Novelty. 62. Inventions step. 63. Industrial application. 64. Right to a patent. 65. Usurpation Judicial assignment of patent application or patent. 66. Inventions made by an employee or pursuant to a commission. 67. Naming of inventor. 68. Requirements of application. 69. Application fee. 70. Search report. 71. Unity of invention. 72. Amendment and division of application. 73. Right of priority. 74. Filing date. 75. Examination. 76. Grant of patent. 77. Register of patents. 78. Examination of register and certified copies. 79. Inspection of files. 80. Duration of patent. 81. Rights of owner of patent. 82. Limitation of owner's rights. 83. Rights derived from prior manufacture or use. 84. Assignment and transmission of patent applications and patents. 85. Joint ownership of patent applications or patents. 86. Interpretation. 87. Form and record of licence contract. 88. Rights of licensee. 89. Rights of the licensor. 90. Invalid clauses in licence contracts. 91. Effect of patent application not being granted or patent being declared null and void. 92. Expiry termination, or invalidation of licence contract. 93. Licence contracts involving abroad. 94. Surrender of patent. 95. Nullity of patent. 96. Date and effect of nullity. 97. Definitions. 98. Admissibility of marks. 99. Marks inadmissible on objective grounds. 100. Marks inadmissible by reason of third-party. rights. 101. Trust not to be entered in register. 102. Requirements of application. 103. Right of Priority. 104. Temporary protection of mark exhibited at international exhibition. 105. Application fee. 106. Examination of application as to form. 107. Registration of mark after further examination and publication of mark. 108. Non- completion. of registration 109. Register of marks and issue of certificate. 110. Publication of registered marks. 111. Examination of register and certified copies. 112. Associated marks. 113. Assignment and user of associated marks. 114. Duration of registration. 115. Renewal. 116. Alteration of registered mark. 117. Rights of registered owner. 118. Limitation of registered owner lights 119. Assignment and transmission of applications and registrations. 120. Interpretation. 121. Form and record of licence contract. 122. Rights of licensee. 123. Rights of licensor. 124. Nullity of licence contract and certain clauses. 125. Cancellation of licence contracts.126. Licence contracts involving payments abroad. 127. Effect of nullity of registration on licence contract. 128. Expiry, termination or invalidation of licence contract. 129. Renunciation of registration. 130. Nullity of registration. 131. Date and effect of nullity. 132. Removal of mark. 133. Date and effect of removal of mark. 134. Collective marks. 135. Application for registration of collective mark. 136. Registration and publication of collective marks. 137. Changes in conditions governing use of collective mark. 138. Use of collective marks and other matters. 139. Prohibited trade names. 140. Protection of trade names. 141. and transmission of trade names. 142. Unfair competition. 143. Falsification of entries in any register. 144. Infringement of copyright. 145. Infringement of industrial designs. 146. False representations regarding industrial designs 147. Infringement of patents. 148. False representations regarding patents. 149. Unlawful disclosure of information relating to patents. 150. Infringement of marks.151. Section - 151152. Other offences as to marks and trade descriptions. 153. Offences by bodies corporate. 154. Interpretation. 155. False name or Initials. 156. Forging marks. 157. Applying marks and descriptions. 158. Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business. 159. Watches. 160. Mark how described in pleading. 161. Rules as to evidence. 162. Punishment of accessories. 163. Search warrant. 164. Costs of defence and of prosecution. 165. Limitation of prosecution. 166. Prohibition on importation. 167. Implied warranty on sale of marked goods. 168. Provisions as to false description not to apply in certain cases. 169. Savings 170. Cognizable and bailable offences. 171. Regulations. 172. Correction and rectification of register. 173. Power to make copies of damaged volumes of any register, to prepare and insert reconstructed folios. 174. Certificate of Registrar to be evidence. 175. Certified copies to be evidence. 176. Mode of giving evidence. 177. Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar. 178. Registrar may take directions of law officers. 179. Infringement proceedings by registered owner of industrial design, patent or mark. 180. Infringement proceedings by or at request of licensee. 181. Declaration of non-infringement. 182. Appeals. 183. Costs of proceedings before Registrar and Court. 184. Stamp duties. 185. Fund. 186. Interpretation. 187. Copyright: Repeal of Chapter 154 and savings. 188. Industrial Designs: Repeal of Chapter 153 and savings. 189. Repeal of Chapter 152 and savings. 190. Marks : Repeal of Chapters 150 and 151 and savings.191. Additional repeals.192. Additional savings.