Publication 835: Article 1

(i) “Office” means the agency entrusted by a Member State with the registration of marks;

(ii) “registration” means the registration of a mark by an Office;

(iii) “application” means an application for registration;

(iv) “mark” means a mark relating to goods (trademark) or to services (service mark) or to both goods and services;

(v) “holder” means the person whom the register of marks shows as the holder of the registration;

(vi) “Nice Classification” means the classification established by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, signed at Nice on June 15, 1957, as revised and amended;

(vii) “license” means a license for the use of a mark under the applicable law of a Member State;

(viii) “licensee” means the person to whom the holder grants a license;

(ix) “exclusive license” means a license which is only granted to one licensee, and excludes the holder from using the mark and from granting licenses to any other person;

(x) “sole license” means a license which is only granted to one licensee and excludes the holder from granting licenses to any other person, but does not exclude the holder from using the mark;

(xi) “non-exclusive license” means a license which does not exclude the holder from using the mark or from granting licenses to any other person.