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Section 1, The Trade Marks Act, 2014
Status not yet checkedThe Trade Marks Act, 2014, Sierra Leone
(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires– “Agency” means the Intellectual Property Agency to
be established under an Intellectual Property Agency
Act;
“collective mark” means a visible sign capable of
distinguishing, from the goods or services of other
enterprises the origin or any other common
characteristic including the quality of goods or
services of different enterprises which use the sign
under the control of a registered owner;
“international classification” means the classification
according to the Nice Agreement concerning the
International Classification of Goods and Services
for the purposes of the Registration of Marks, of
June 15, 1957;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for trade
marks;
“Paris Convention” means The Paris Convention for
the Protection of Industrial Property (1976).
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Marks;
“trade mark” means any sign or combination of signs
capable of distinguishing the goods or services of
one undertaking from the goods or services of other
undertakings including words such as personal
names, letters, numerals and figurative elements;
“trade name” means the name or designation
identifying and distinguishing an enterprise;
“Tribunal” means the Intellectual Property Tribunal to
be established under an Intellectual Property
Agency Act.
PART II–REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS
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