42 Trademarks No. 2 a basis for the filing of an international application under the Madrid Protocol; “basic registration” means a mark registered by the Registrar under this Act, and which is used as the basis for the filing of an international application under the Madrid Protocol; “Common Regulations” means the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol promulgated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); “Contracting Party” means any country or intergovernmental organization which is a party to the Madrid Protocol or any country party to both the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol; “designated Contracting Party” is the Contracting Party to the Madrid Protocol that is designated in the international application or in the subsequent designation; “holder” means a natural person or legal entity in whose name an international registration is recorded in the International Register; “International application” means an application to obtain registration of a mark under the Madrid Protocol filed through the Trademarks Office as the Office of origin; “International Bureau” means the International Bureau of WIPO; “international registration” means a trade mark registration effected under the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol or both, as the case may be; “International Register” means the official collection of data concerning international registrations of marks maintained by the International Bureau; “invalidation” means a decision by the competent authority, whether administrative or judicial, of Malawi revoking or cancelling the effects, in the territory of Malawi, of an international registration with regard to all or some of the goods or services covered by the designation of Malawi; “Madrid Agreement” means the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks of April 14, 1891, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on September 28, 1979;