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“Madrid Protocol” means the Madrid Protocol on International
Registration of Marks adopted in Madrid on 27th June, 1989 as
last revised or amended;
“mark” means any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods or
services of an enterprise;
“Master” means the Master of the High Court;
“Office” means the Patents, Marks and Designs Office referred to in
section 3;
“office of origin” means the office with which the basic application was
filed or by which the basic registration was made;
“Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as last revised or amended;
“patent” means a title granted to protect an invention under this Act;
“Patent Cooperation Treaty” means the Patent Cooperation Treaty of
19th June, 1970, as last revised or amended;
“patentee” means a person, or a successor-in-title to the person, to whom
a patent has been granted under this Act;
“priority date” means the date of the earlier application that serves as
the basis for the right of priority provided for in the Paris
Convention;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Marks, Patents and Designs appointed
under section 4;
“right of priority” means the right of priority provided for in Article 4
of the Paris Convention;
“the Hague Agreement” means the Hague Agreement concerning the
International Registration of Industrial Designs as last revised or
amended;
“the 1999 Act” means the Act of the Hague Agreement signed in Geneva
on July 2, 1999;
“trade name” means the name or designation by which a business or
enterprise is distinguished;
“traditional knowledge” means an idea, knowledge, practice, use or
invention, written or unwritten which, may be associated to
biological diversity, is a cultural, traditional or spiritual belief or
value of a group of people;
“TRIPS Agreement” means the Agreement on Trade-related aspects of
Intellectual Property contained in Annex 1C of the Agreement
establishing the World Trade Organization, concluded on April 15,
1994 as last revised or amended; and
“utility model” means a technical creation that consists of a new shape
or configuration of an object or of a component of an object that
increases its functionality or utility.