Article 1 Abbreviated Expressions

‘Lisbon Agreement’ means the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958;

‘1967 Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on September 28, 1979;

‘this Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications, as established by the present Act;

‘Regulations’ means the Regulations as referred to in Article 25;

‘Paris Convention’ means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised and amended;

‘appellation of origin’ means a denomination as referred to in Article 2(1)(i);

‘geographical indication’ means an indication as referred to in Article 2(1)(ii);

‘International Register’ means the International Register maintained by the International Bureau in accordance with Article 4 as the official collection of data concerning international registrations of appellations of origin and geographical indications, regardless of the medium in which such data are maintained;

‘international registration’ means an international registration recorded in the International Register;

‘application’ means an application for international registration;

‘registered’ means entered in the International Register in accordance with this Act;

‘geographical area of origin’ means a geographical area as referred to in Article 2(2);

‘trans-border geographical area’ means a geographical area situated in, or covering, adjacent Contracting Parties;

‘Contracting Party’ means any State or intergovernmental organization party to this Act;

‘Contracting Party of Origin’ means the Contracting Party where the geographical area of origin is situated or the Contracting Parties where the trans-border geographical area of origin is situated;

‘Competent Authority’ means an entity designated in accordance with Article 3;

‘beneficiaries’ means the natural persons or legal entities entitled under the law of the Contracting Party of Origin to use an appellation of origin or a geographical indication;

‘intergovernmental organization’ means an intergovernmental organization eligible to become party to this Act in accordance with Article 28(1)(iii);

‘Organization’ means the World Intellectual Property Organization;

‘Director General’ means the Director General of the Organization;

‘International Bureau’ means the International Bureau of the Organization.