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# ザンビア：新しい特許法

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- 10 2017年5月5日

### ザンビアには、2016年の新しい特許法第40号があります。この法律は、2016年12月27日に発効し、特許法の上限400を廃止します。

新しい法律には、以下に示すような多くの重要な変更が含まれています。

**ノベルティ:** 法律は現在、絶対的な新規性を規定しています。

***除外：** *特許性の除外は現在、国際基準に沿っています。

***ブダペスト：** *ブダペスト条約の規定があり、遺伝資源と伝統的知識を含む発明の開示要件があります。

***制限：** *ザンビアの居住者が海外で特許を出願することには制限があります。

***外国のアプリケーション：** *現在、対応する外国の出願に関連する情報を完全に開示する義務があります。

***国際的：*** PCTインターナショナルおよび国内フェーズのアプリケーションが認められています。

***学期： ***特許の有効期間は20年で、特定の状況では期間を延長するオプションがあります。

***復元：*** 特許の回復に関する規定があります。

***実用新案***：新法は実用新案の登録を規定しています。

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