2021 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part V - The Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
Chapter 38 - International Design Applications
Sec. 381 - Definitions

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Citation 35 U.S.C. § 381 (2021)
Section Name §381. Definitions
Section Text

(a) In General.—When used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates—

(1) the term "treaty" means the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted at Geneva on July 2, 1999;

(2) the term "regulations"—

(A) when capitalized, means the Common Regulations under the treaty; and

(B) when not capitalized, means the regulations established by the Director under this title;


(3) the terms "designation", "designating", and "designate" refer to a request that an international registration have effect in a Contracting Party to the treaty;

(4) the term "International Bureau" means the international intergovernmental organization that is recognized as the coordinating body under the treaty and the Regulations;

(5) the term "effective registration date" means the date of international registration determined by the International Bureau under the treaty;

(6) the term "international design application" means an application for international registration; and

(7) the term "international registration" means the international registration of an industrial design filed under the treaty.


(b) Rule of Construction.—Terms and expressions not defined in this part are to be taken in the sense indicated by the treaty and the Regulations.

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(Added Pub. L. 112–211, title I, §101(a), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1527.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012, or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States (May 13, 2015), and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, see section 103 of Pub. L. 112–211, set out as an Effective Date of 2012 Amendment note under section 100 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 35 - PATENTS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 35 - PATENTS
PART V - THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
CHAPTER 38 - INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Sec. 381 - Definitions
Contains section 381
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 126 Stat. 1527
Public Law References Public Law 112-211
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