Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, 2008 (Act No. 51 of 2008)

Rules

Purchase

11.1	Every notice of appeal or review on prescribed Form IP3 must—

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as part of the level of detail required under the section titled "NIPMO DECISION BEING APPEALED/REVIEW REQUESTED", be accompanied by—

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a copy of the notice of intention to be heard previously lodged with NIPMO on Form IP2 together with all supporting documentation presented to NIPMO;

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a copy of the correspondence by which NIPMO communicated the possible dates, times and place for hearing the recipient;

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any available proof regarding the actual date when the hearing took place; and

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a copy of NIPMO's decision leading up directly to the lodgement of the notice in Form IP3.

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as part of the level of detail required under the section titled "BASIS OF APPEAL /REVIEW", be accompanied by:

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a brief account of what happened and when it happened;

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how this affects the Affected Recipient;

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the basis and the process on which the Affected Recipient deems such decision to have been unfair;

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the relief or remedy sought;

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whether they will be represented throughout the Dispute Panel proceedings; and

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the address of their representative for delivery of any future correspondence.

11.2	NIPMO's response must be filed by way of a written submission which provides—

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information used to arrive at their decision; and

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the process followed by NIPMO in arriving at its decision.