The objects of this Bill are to—
(a) provide for the registration and protection of trade marks
and geographical indications;
(b) provide for the rights conferred by the registration of
trade marks and geographical indications;
(c) provide for the effects of registration of trade marks
and geographical indications;
(d) provide for civil and criminal enforcement for
infringement of registered trade marks and geographical
indications;
(e) domesticate the Madrid Protocol relating to the International
Registration of Marks, the Paris Convention for the Protection
of Industrial Property and the World Trade Organisation
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights;
(f) repeal and replace the Trade Marks Act, 1958; and
(g) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.