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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.