"International Classification" means (a)
as regards industrial designs, the classification according to the Locarno
Agreement of October 8, 1968 (as last revised) establishing an International
Classification for Industrial Designs;
(b)
as regards marks, the classification according to the Nice Agreement concerning the
International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the
Registration of Marks, of June 15, 1957;
"legal practitioner" has the same meaning as. in the Law Practitioner's Act;
"Minister" means the Minister to whom the responsibility for the subject of international
trade is assigned;
"Ministry" means the Ministry responsible for the subject of international trade;
"Office" means the office established under section 3; "Patent Cooperation Treaty" means
the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington on June 19, 1970;
"Paris Convention" means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
of 1883;
"priority date" means the date of the earlier application that serves as the basis for
the right of priority provided for in the Paris Convention;
"Registers" means the Registers referred to in section 6(1);
"Tribunal" means the Tribunal for Industrial Property established under section 9;
"unfair practice" has the same meaning as in the Unfair Practices (Industrial Property
Rights) Act 2002;
"World Trade Organisation"
Marrakesh Agreement 1994.
means
the
World
Trade
Organisation
established
under
the
within
the
PART II - INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
3.
Establishment of the Industrial Property Office
(1)
There
is
established
for
the
purposes
of
this
Act,
a
department
Ministry, to be known as the Industrial Property Office.
(2)
The Office shall be administered by a Controller who shall be(a)
a public officer;
(b)
appointed by the Public Service Commission; and
(c)
responsible for the control, operation and management of the daily business
of the department.
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