PART V - MARKS, COLLECTIVE MARKS, TRADE NAMES 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. Definitions Acquisition of the exclusive right to a mark Application for registration Examination and opposition Registration of mark Rights conferred by registration Duration Invalidation Removal on grounds of non-use Collective marks Licensing of marks Trade names 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Changes in ownership Licence Agents Appeals to Supreme Court Offences Unfair practice Regulations Repeal Transitional provisions Commencement PART VI - GENERAL PROVISIONS An Act To provide for the protection of industrial property rights, including patents, industrial designs and trademarks ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as followsPART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as The Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002. 2. Interpretation In this Act "Controller" means the Controller of Industrial Property Office referred to in section 3; "Competent authority" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; "industrial property" includes (a) "patent", "invention", "industrial design", "trade mark", "trade name", "service mark" and "collective mark" as defined under sections 11,27 and 35 of this Act"; (b) "Layout-Designs of integrated circuits" as defined under section 2 of the Layout Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuit Act 2002; and (c) "geographical indications" Indications Act 2002; as defined under section 2 of the Geographical "industrial property enactments" means the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002, the Geographical Indications Act 2002, the Layout-Designs. (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act 2002 and the Protection Against Unfair Practices (Industrial Property Rights) Act 2002;