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

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NIPMO Dispute Panel Rules of Procedure

Part C : NIPMO Dispute Panel Procedures

7. Non-attendance by one of the parties at the hearing

 

7.1 Where one party fails to attend the proceedings either in person or through an authorised representative, the hearing shall proceed in that party's absence unless—
7.1.1 there is a reason to believe that the party concerned did not receive the notice of hearing; or
7.1.2 it is established that although the party concerned received the notice of hearing, it informed the Secretariat in writing of a good and sufficient cause for its inability to attend.