“International Register” means the official collection of data concerning international registrations of
marks maintained by the International Bureau;
“Joint work” means work prepared by two or more authors with the intent that their contributions be
merged into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole;
“Layout-designs” (topographies) of integrated circuits means the design of the layout, that is, the three-
dimensional location of elements and interconnections of an integrated circuit;
“Literary works” means works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other
verbal or numerical symbols or indicia regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books,
periodicals, manuscripts, sound recordings, films, tapes, disks, or cards, in which they are embodied;
“LIPO” means Liberia Intellectual Property Office;
“Madrid Agreement” means the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks of
April 14, 1891;
“Madrid Protocol” means the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International
Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989;
“Mark” means any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (“trademark”) or services (“service
mark”) of an enterprise;
“Minister” means the Minister of Commerce of the Republic of Liberia.
“Motion pictures” means audiovisual works consisting of a series of related images which, when shown in
succession, impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any;
“Most- Favored Nation Treatment” means treatment accorded immediately and unconditionally to the
nationals of all other Member States;
“National Treatment” means the treatment accorded by the domestic law of the Contracting State in which
protection is claimed;
“OAPI-English” means African Intellectual Property Organization;
“OAPI-French” means Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle ;
“Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March, 20,
1883, as last revised;
“Patent” means the title granted to protect an invention;
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