Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927

PART I.

ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION OFFICE.

Establishment of Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office.

5.—(1) There shall be established an Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office for the purposes of this Act and such other purposes as may hereafter be assigned to it by the Oireachtas.

(2) The Office shall be divided into two branches, namely—

(a) a Patents Branch, in which shall be transacted and done all such business, matters, and things as are by this Act or otherwise by law directed to be transacted or done in the Office in relation to patents;

(b) a Designs and Trade Marks Branch, in which shall be transacted and done all such business, matters, and things as are by this Act or otherwise by law directed to be transacted or done in the Office in relation to designs or in relation to trade marks;

(3) The Office shall be under the immediate control of the Controller of Industrial and Commercial Property who shall act under the general superintendence and direction of the Minister.