Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH MAURITIUS Part I Preliminary Short Title 1. This Act may be cited as the Protection against Unfair Practices (Industrial Property Rights) Act 2002. Interpretation 2. In this Act— “appearance of a product” includes the packaging, shape, colour or other non-functional characteristics of the product in question; “business identifier” includes business symbols, emblems, logos and slogans used by an enterprise to convey, in the course of industrial or commercial activities, a certain identity with respect to the enterprise and the products produced or the services rendered by that enterprise; “dilution of goodwill or reputation” means the lessening of the distinctive character or advertising value of a trademark, trade name or other business identifier, the appearance of a product or the presentation of products or services or of a celebrity or well-known fictional character; “industrial or commercial activities” includes the activities of professionals; “practice” includes an omission to act; “trademark” includes any mark relating to goods, services or to both goods and services; “unfair practice” includes any act referred to in— (a) section 52 of the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002; (b) section 3 of the Geographical Indications Act 2002; (c) section 15 of the Lay-out Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act 2002; and (d) section 4 of this Act; by a person other than the owner of the title of protection and without the agreement of the latter. MU003EN Unfair Competition, Act, 08/08/2002, No. 22 page 2/7