The Act provides for the incorporation, management, administration and winding up of companies. The Act also provides for the registration of foreign companies doing business in Zambia and the registration of charges and matters incidental to the foregoing.

The Act establishes and confers powers on the Patents Office, provides procedures and requirements for patenting an invention, rights accruing from patentability and how to protect such rights. It is supplemented by Patent Regulations which provide further details and prescribe forms in respect of various applications relating to patents.

The Act establishes the Patents and Companies Regisration Agency and provides for its functions and the powers of the officers of the Agency.

The Act establishes and confers powers on the Designs Office, provides procedures and requirements for registration of industrial designs, rights arising from registration and the assignment and transfer of such rights and their protection. Detailed procedures and prescribed forms are provided in Registered Designs Regulations made under the Act.

The Act provides for the registration of business names which may be firms or sole proprietors.

The Act establishes and confers powers on the Trade Marks Office, provides procedures and requirements for registration, assignment and transfer of trademarks, rights accruing from registration and their protection. Detailed procedures and prescribed forms are provided in Trade Marks Regulations made under the Act.