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Trade Marks Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Act 2000
No. 117, 2000
Trade Marks Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Act 2000
No. 117, 2000
An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act 1995, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................
Schedule 1—Protected international trade marks under the Madrid Protocol Trade Marks Act 1995
Trade Marks Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Act 2000
No. 117, 2000
An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act 1995, and for related purposes
[Assented to 7 September 2000]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Trade Marks Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Act 2000.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Protected international trade marks under the Madrid Protocol
Trade Marks Act 1995
1 Section 6 (at the end of the definition of registered trade mark) Add:
Note: In addition, the regulations may provide for the effect of a protected international trade mark: see Part 17A.
2 At the end of subsection 20(1) Add:
Note 3: In addition, the regulations may provide for the effect of a protected international trade mark: see Part 17A.
3 At the end of subsection 44(1) Add:
Note 4: The regulations may provide that an application must also be rejected if the trade mark is substantially identical with, or deceptively similar to, a protected international trade mark or a trade mark for which there is a request to extend international registration to Australia: see Part 17A.
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