"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.

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents