{"identifier":"/us/usc/t35/s381","title":35,"num":"\u00a7\u202f381.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f381.\nDefinitions\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nWhen used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates\u2014\n(1) the term \u201ctreaty\u201d means the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted at Geneva on\nJuly 2, 1999\n(2) the term \u201cregulations\u201d\u2014\n(A) when capitalized, means the Common Regulations under the treaty; and\n(B) when not capitalized, means the regulations established by the Director under this title;\n(3) the terms \u201cdesignation\u201d, \u201cdesignating\u201d, and \u201cdesignate\u201d refer to a request that an international registration have effect in a Contracting Party to the treaty;\n(4) the term \u201cInternational Bureau\u201d means the international intergovernmental organization that is recognized as the coordinating body under the treaty and the Regulations;\n(5) the term \u201ceffective registration date\u201d means the date of international registration determined by the International Bureau under the treaty;\n(6) the term \u201cinternational design application\u201d means an application for international registration; and\n(7) the term \u201cinternational registration\u201d means the international registration of an industrial design filed under the treaty.\n(b)\nRule of Construction.\u2014\nTerms and expressions not defined in this part are to be taken in the sense indicated by the treaty and the Regulations.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t35/s381.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f381."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"When used in this part, unless the context otherwise indicates\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ctreaty\u201d means the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted at Geneva on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 2, 1999","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201cregulations\u201d\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" when capitalized, means the Common Regulations under the treaty; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" when not capitalized, means the regulations established by the Director under this title;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the terms \u201cdesignation\u201d, \u201cdesignating\u201d, and \u201cdesignate\u201d refer to a request that an international registration have effect in a Contracting Party to the treaty;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cInternational Bureau\u201d means the international intergovernmental organization that is recognized as the coordinating body under the treaty and the Regulations;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ceffective registration date\u201d means the date of international registration determined by the International Bureau under the treaty;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cinternational design application\u201d means an application for international registration; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cinternational registration\u201d means the international registration of an industrial design filed under the treaty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t35/s381/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Rule of Construction.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Terms and expressions not defined in this part are to be taken in the sense indicated by the treaty and the Regulations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}