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Chapter II
Examination, Registration and Publication of a Trademark
Section I
Administrative Examination
95. If the Office ascertains in the administrative examination that the filing fails to meet
one of the conditions set out in Article 63(1) and (2) of the Ordinance, it shall invite the
applicant to detail, supplement or correct his application within the time limits given in
Article 90(2) of this Decree, subject to the provisions on claim of priority laid down in
Article 59(1) of the Ordinance and on payment of the prescribed fee.
96.—(1) If the applicant does not comply with the invitation within the prescribed time
limits, the application shall be deemed inadmissible, subject to the provisions of Article 93 of
this Decree.
(2) If the details or the correction concern the list of goods and services, the Office may
decide to effect that action if it is not liable to affect the scope of protection of the mark.
97.—(1) Until the time the mark is registered, the applicant may be authorized on
request to correct any physical errors ascertained in the documents filed with the Office.
(2) If they are not corrected within the time limits referred to in Article 90(2) of this
Decree, the mark shall be registered as it stands.
Section II
Substantive Examination
98. Applications for registration of marks may be subjected, under Article 64(1) of the
Ordinance, to a substantive examination.
Section III
Registration and Publication
99.—(1) The provisions of Article 37 of this Decree shall apply mutatis mutandis to
trademarks.
(2) Withdrawal of an application for registration may be limited to a part only of the
goods and services listed in the application.
100.—(1) Where the application meets the conditions laid down by the Ordinance and
by this Decree, the Office shall register the mark in the Register of Trademarks and publish it
in the Official Gazette of Industrial Property.
(2) The Office shall issue a registration certificate in three copies which shall bear the
registration number, the date, the signature of the Director General of the Office or of his
authorized representative, together with the stamp of the Office.
(3) One copy of the certificate shall be addressed to the applicant or his agent or
representative.
101. In accordance with Article 64(3) of the Ordinance, the applicant may file an
appeal to the competent court within a period of two months as from notification of refusal to
register the mark.
102.—(1) The following information shall be entered in the Register of Trademarks: