1. Definitions
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, any
expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Trade Marks Act,
1993 (Act 194 of 1993), bears a meaning so assigned, and‘access code’ means the unique identification particulars, whether
alphanumeric, biometric or otherwise, enabling the CIPRO system to identify
a person;
‘the Act’ means the Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act 194 of 1993);
‘CIPRO’ means the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
that constitutes a combined administrative office for the various
registration offices established or deemed to be established under the
Act, the Patents Act, 1978 (Act 57 of 1978), the Designs Act, 1993 (Act
195 of 1993), the Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act,
1977 (Act 62 of 1977), the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act 69 of 1984)
and the Companies Act, 1973 (Act 61 of 1973);
‘CIPRO customer’ means any person using electronic services and includes
any person who has been allowed by the Registrar to use electronic services,
who is legally entitled to act on behalf of a natural or juristic person,
and who has thus been allowed to use or provide electronic services or
to act as an intermediary in respect of electronic services;
‘CIPRO portal’ means the Internet website or other electronic portal forming
part of the CIPRO system;
‘CIPRO record retention system’ means the system used by CIPRO to store
records for subsequent access, whether in paper, microfilm, electronic
or any other form;
‘CIPRO system’ means the computer system, including the CIPRO portal,
through which CIPRO provides electronic services, irrespective of the
medium or form of technology underlying or forming part of such services;
‘electronic services’ means the services provided or made available by
CIPRO through the CIPRO system in terms of regulation 1A;
‘inspect’ includes obtaining access to a record via the CIPRO system;
‘lodge’ includes the creation of a record on the CIPRO system;
‘Patent Journal’ means the official journal of patents, designs, trade
marks and copyright in cinematograph films of the Republic of South Africa;
‘Office’ means the Trade Marks Office referred to in section 5 of the
Act;
‘operational requirements’ means the requirements provided for in
regulation 1A(2);
‘record’ includes a document and vice versa;
‘send’ includes give;
‘specification’ means the designation of goods or services in respect
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