Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications:artikel 1

Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications

Article 1 Abbreviated Expressions

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Geldend vanaf 26-02-2020

Bronpublicatie:: 20-05-2015, PbEU 2019, L 271 (uitgifte: 24-10-2019, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 26-02-2020
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 20-05-2015, PbEU 2019, L 271 (uitgifte: 24-10-2019, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Agrarisch recht (V)
EU-recht / Marktintegratie
Intellectuele-eigendomsrecht / Europees intellectuele-eigendomsrecht

For the purposes of this Act, unless expressly stated otherwise:

(i): ‘Lisbon Agreement’ means the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958;
(ii): ‘1967 Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on September 28, 1979;
(iii): ‘this Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications, as established by the present Act;
(iv): ‘Regulations’ means the Regulations as referred to in Article 25;
(v): ‘Paris Convention’ means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised and amended;
(vi): ‘appellation of origin’ means a denomination as referred to in Article 2(1)(i);
(vii): ‘geographical indication’ means an indication as referred to in Article 2(1)(ii);
(viii): ‘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;
(ix): ‘international registration’ means an international registration recorded in the International Register;
(x): ‘application’ means an application for international registration;
(xi): ‘registered’ means entered in the International Register in accordance with this Act;
(xii): ‘geographical area of origin’ means a geographical area as referred to in Article 2(2);
(xiii): ‘trans-border geographical area’ means a geographical area situated in, or covering, adjacent Contracting Parties;
(xiv): ‘Contracting Party’ means any State or intergovernmental organization party to this Act;
(xv): ‘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;
(xvi): ‘Competent Authority’ means an entity designated in accordance with Article 3;
(xvii): ‘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;
(xviii): ‘intergovernmental organization’ means an intergovernmental organization eligible to become party to this Act in accordance with Article 28(1)(iii);
(xix): ‘Organization’ means the World Intellectual Property Organization;
(xx): ‘Director General’ means the Director General of the Organization;
(xxi): ‘International Bureau’ means the International Bureau of the Organization.