S.I. No. 223/1987: PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER, 1987.
S.I. No. 223/1987:
PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER, 1987
PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER, 1987
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 152 (5) of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 (No. 16 of 1927) (as adapted by Section 2 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 (No. 20 of 1937)), Section 70 (5) of the Trade Marks Act, 1963 (No. 9 of 1963), and Section 93 of the Patents Act, 1964 (No. 12 of 1964), hereby order as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (International Arrangements) Order, 1987.
2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
3. It is hereby declared that the provisions of Section 152 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 (No. 16 of 1927) (as amended by Section 7 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1957 (No. 13 of 1957)), and Section 70 of the Trade Marks Act, 1963 (No. 9 of 1963), apply in the case of the foreign states specified in the Schedule to this Order.
4. It is hereby declared that each country specified in the Schedule to this Order is a convention country for the purposes of the Patents Act, 1964 (No. 12 of 1964).
5. (1) The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (International Arrangements) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 22 of 1959 ), shall cease to have effect.
(2) The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order, 1976 ( S.I. No. 316 of 1976 ), is hereby revoked.
SCHEDULE
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Benin
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Congo
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark, together with the Faroe Islands
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Finland
France, including overseas Departments and overseas territories
Gabon
German Democratic Republic
Germany, Federal Republic of Ghana
Greece
Guinea
Haiti
Holy See
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Netherlands, together with Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand, together with the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Romania
Rwanda
San Marino
Senegal
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom, together with Hong Kong and the Isle of Man
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America, together with the territories of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Samoa (U.S.) and Guam
Uruguay
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 2nd day of September, 1987
CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,
Taoiseach
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order discharges Ireland's obligations under the International Convention for the protection of Industrial Property in respect of Patent, Design and Trade Mark applications made in the Convention Countries listed in the Schedule.