S.L. 597.4 Art. 43Interpretation.

In this Part:

"Contracting Party" means any country or intergovernmental organisation party to the Protocol;

"designation" means the request for extension of protection ("territorial extension") to Malta under Article 3ter

(1) or (2) of the Protocol, as the case may be; it also means such extension as recorded in the International Register;

"designated Contracting Party" means a Contracting Party for which the extension of protection ("territorial extension") has been requested under Article 3ter (1) or (2) of the Protocol, as the case may be, or in respect of which such extension has been recorded in the International Register;

"holder" refers to the natural person or legal entity in whose name an international registration is recorded in the International Register;

"international registration" means the registration of a mark effected under the Agreement or the Protocol;

"invalidation" means a final decision by the Court invalidating the effects of the protected international registration designating Malta with regard to all or some of the goods or services covered by the designation or subsequent designation in Malta;

"Office of origin" means the Office of the Contracting Party where, in accordance with Article 2(2) of the Protocol, the international application was filed.

"provisional refusal" means a declaration by the Office, outlining the grounds on the basis of which protection cannot be granted; it also outlines the deficiencies to be remedied by the holder; "Regulations under the Protocol" means the Regulations under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;

"subsequent designation" means the request for extension of protection ("territorial extension") to Malta under Article 3ter (2) of the Protocol; it also means such extension as recorded in the International Register;

"WIPO Gazette" means the periodical gazette referred to in Rule 32 of the Regulations under the Protocol.