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Interpretation (section 2 of Principal Act).
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2.— Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)—
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(a) by inserting the following after the definition of “the Act of 1964”:
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“ ‘ Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation’ means the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, as amended or supplemented by any protocol to that Agreement which is for the time being in force in the State;”,
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(b) by inserting the following after the definition of “assignee”:
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“ ‘ Board of Appeal’ means a Board of Appeal referred to in Article 21 of the European Patent Convention;”,
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(c) in paragraph (i) of the definition of “designate”, by inserting “, and includes a reference to a country being treated as designated in pursuance of the European Patent Convention or the Treaty” after “invention”,
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(d) by inserting the following after the definition of “divisional application”:
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“ ‘Enlarged Board of Appeal’ means the Enlarged Board of Appeal referred to in Article 22 of the European Patent Convention;”,
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(e) in the definition of “ European Patent Convention ”, by inserting “, as amended for the time being” after “1973”,
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(f) by inserting the following after the definition of “the Journal”:
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“ ‘ member of the World Trade Organisation’ means a party to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation;”,
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and
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(g) by inserting the following after the definition of “the Treaty”:
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“ ‘TRIPs Agreement ’ means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights annexed to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation;”.
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