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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
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