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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;