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
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
(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
(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
[Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications] This Act applies in respect of:
i)
any denomination protected in the Contracting Party of Origin consisting of or containing the name of a geographical area, or another denomination known as referring to such area, which serves to designate a good as originating in that geographical area, where the quality or characteristics of the good are due exclusively or essentially to the geographical environment, including natural and human factors, and which has given the good its reputation; as well as
ii)
any indication protected in the Contracting Party of Origin consisting of or containing the name of a geographical area, or another indication known as referring to such area, which identifies a good as originating in that geographical area, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.
(2)
[Possible Geographical Areas of Origin] A geographical area of origin as described in paragraph (1) may consist of the entire territory of the Contracting Party of Origin or a region, locality or place in the Contracting Party of Origin. This does not exclude the application of this Act in respect of a geographical area of origin, as described in paragraph (1), consisting of a trans-border geographical area, or a part thereof.
Each Contracting Party shall designate an entity which shall be responsible for the administration of this Act in its territory and for communications with the International Bureau under this Act and the Regulations. The Contracting Party shall notify the name and contact details of such Competent Authority to the International Bureau, as specified in the Regulations.
The International Bureau shall maintain an International Register recording international registrations effected under this Act, under the Lisbon Agreement and the 1967 Act, or under both, and data relating to such international registrations.