Section 36B

Definitions

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) - ***application ***, in relation to a Contracting State or a Contracting Organisation, means an application made by a person who is a citizen of, or is domiciled in, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in, that Contracting State or a State which is a member of that Contracting Organisation, as the case may be.

Explanation For the purposes of this clause, ***real and effective industrial or commercial establishment *** means and includes any establishment where some bona fide industrial or commercial activity takes place and need not necessarily be the principal place of business;

(b) - ***basic application *** means an application for the registration of a trade mark filed under section 18 and which is used as a basis for applying for an international registration;

(c) - ***basic registration *** means the registration of a trade mark under section 23 and which is used as a basis for applying for an international registration;

(d) - ***Common Regulations *** means the Regulations concerning the implementation of the Madrid Protocol;

(e) - ***Contracting Organisation *** means a Contracting Party that is an intergovernmental organisation;

(f) - ***Contracting Party *** means a Contracting State or Contracting Organisation party to the Madrid Protocol;

(g) - ***Contracting State *** means a country party to the Madrid Protocol;

(h) - ***international application *** means an application for international registration or for extension of the protection resulting from an international registration to any Contracting Party made under the Madrid Protocol;

(i) - ***International Bureau *** means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation;

(j) - ***international registration *** means the registration of a trade mark in the register of the International Bureau effected under the Madrid Protocol;

(k) - ***Madrid Agreement *** means the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks adopted at Madrid on the 14th day of April, 1891, as subsequently revised and amended;

(l) - ***Madrid Protocol *** means the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks adopted at Madrid on the 27th day of June, 1989, as amended from time to time.