title: Raccomandazione di DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO che autorizza la firma, a nome della Comunità europea, del Trattato sul diritto dei marchi, adottato a Ginevra il 27 ottobre 1994 sotto l' egida dell' OMPI (Organizzazione Mondiale della Proprietà Intellettuale)

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COMMISSIONE DELLE COMUNITÀ' EUROPEE
                                    Bruxelles, 27.03.1995
                                    COM(95) 92 def.
                 Raccomandazione di
           DECISIONE DEL CONSIGLIO
che autorizza la firma, a nome della Comunità europea,
  del Trattato sul diritto dei marchi, adottato a Ginevra
        il 27 ottobre 1994 sotto l'egida dell'OMPI
 (Organizzazione Mondiale della Proprietà Intellettuale)
         (presentata dalla Commissione)
 ---pagebreak---                                            RELAZIONE
 Il 27 ottobre 1994 la Conferenza diplomatica all'uopo convocata ha adottato il Trattato
 sul diritto dei marchi, elaborato sotto l'egida dell'OMPI (Organizzazione mondiale della
proprietà intellettuale). Il Trattato resterà aperto alla firma presso la sede dell'OMPI fino
al 27 ottobre 1995.
La Comunità europea, rappresentata dalla Commissione, ha partecipato alla Conferenza
diplomatica come delegazione speciale. Con decisione del Consiglio del
 19 settembre 1994, la Commissione era stata autorizzata a negoziare il Trattato per gli
aspetti relativi al marchio comunitario e alla partecipazione della Comunità a detto
Trattato. Il 28 ottobre 1994 essa ha firmato l'Atto finale della Conferenza diplomatica,
senza però firmare il Trattato stesso.
Va osservato che alla data del 16 dicembre 1994 l'Atto finale era stato firmato da
sessantotto delegazioni ed il Trattato da trentanove Stati, tra cui nove Stati membri della
Comunità. Hanno firmato il Trattato anche importanti partner commerciali della
Comunità, come gli Stati Uniti d'America, la Federazione di Russia e la Cina.
INTERESSE DELLA COMUNITÀ PER IL TRATTATO SUL DIRITTO DEI MARCHI
Questo Trattato riguarda la Comunità in quanto si può applicare al marchio comunitario e
all'Ufficio per l'armonizzazione nel mercato interno (marchi, disegni e modelli) di
Alicante. Nell'attuale situazione di armonizzazione comunitaria, spetta invece agli Stati
membri decidere quanto all'applicazione di tale Trattato ai loro marchi e ai loro uffici
nazionali.
Il Trattato sul diritto dei marchi semplifica notevolmente le procedure; esso, ad esempio,
•    limita il numero di documenti che la persona che intende depositare un marchio deve
     fornire all'ufficio competente,
•    abolisce, entro un certo termine, l'obbligo di autenticazione o di certificazione della
     firma della persona che deposita il marchio da parte di un'autorità pubblica dello
     Stato in cui il marchio viene depositato,
•    introduce moduli tipo, riconosciuti su base reciproca da tutte le parti contraenti.
Questa semplificazione dovrebbe comportare una considerevole riduzione delle spese che
l'industria comunitaria deve sostenere negli Stati terzi all'atto della registrazione, del
rinnovo o del trasferimento dei marchi. L'industria comunitaria è sempre stata favorevole
a questo strumento.
Il Trattato, d'altro canto, è compatibile e complementare all'accordo TRIPs (Trade
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) sugli aspetti dei diritti di proprietà
intellettuale attinenti al commercio, ivi compreso il commercio di merci contraffatte.
                                               - -1
 ---pagebreak---  Nel corso della Conferenza diplomatica è stato oggetto di vivo dibattito il diritto di voto
 autonomo della Comunità1.
 La soluzione data alla questione nel Trattato è ritenuta soddisfacente per la Comunità.
 Infatti , contrariamente a quanto previsto nel progetto di Trattato (documento TLT/DC/3
 del 28 marzo 1994), l'Assemblea composta dalle parti contraenti non è stata istituita. E'
 così venuta meno la necessità di prevedere un diritto di voto nell'Assemblea. Nessuna
 delle parti contraenti disporrà di un diritto di voto.
 Il Trattato potrà essere riveduto a seguito di una Conferenza diplomatica la cui
convocazione sarà decisa, al momento opportuno, dall'Assemblea generale dell'OMPI. In
tale occasione si riporrà il problema del diritto di voto autonomo della Comunità.
POSSIBILITÀ PER LA COMUNITÀ DI DIVENTARE PARTE CONTRAENTE DEL TRATTATO
Conformemente all'articolo 19, paragrafo 1, lettera ii) del Trattato, la Comunità europea
può diventare parte contraente2. Per il momento, la conclusione da parte del Consiglio del
Trattato sul diritto dei marchi sembra prematura; sono necessarie, infatti, misure che
garantiscano la conformità della normativa sul marchio comunitario e sull'Ufficio di
Alicante con il Trattato. Prima di procedere in tal modo, è necessario adottare tutte le
misure già previste per rendere completamente operativo l'Ufficio di Alicante. Quando
queste saranno state adottate, sarà allora possibile prendere in considerazione la
conclusione, a nome della Comunità, di questo Trattato.
D'altro canto, è estremamente importante, visto quanto precede, che la Comunità firmi il
Trattato sul diritto dei marchi entro il termine del 27 ottobre 1995. La firma
testimonierebbe infatti l'interesse che la Comunità attribuisce ai marchi e alla
semplificazione delle procedure ad essi relative e potrebbe avere un effetto trainante per
altri Stati.
Contribuendo ad instaurare un clima favorevole al Trattato sul diritto dei marchi, la
Comunità creerebbe i presupposti per un'ampia partecipazione a detto Trattato,
conformemente agli auspici e agli interessi economici dell'industria comunitaria.
    Cfr. doc. SEC (94) 950 def. del 13 giugno 1994.
    Articolo 19, paragrafo 1: "Gli enti indicati in appresso possono firmare e, fatti salvi i paragrafi 2 e 3 e
    l'articolo 20, paragrafi 1 e 3, possono diventare parti contraenti del presente trattato :...
     ii) qualsiasi organizzazione intergovernativa   che gestisca un ufficio presso il quale possono essere
    registrati marchi con effetto sul territorio su  cui si applica il trattato costitutivo dell'organizzazione
     intergovernativa, in tutti i suoi Stati membri  o negli Stati membri designati a tal fine nella relativa
    domanda, purché tutti gli Stati membri            dell'organizzazione intergovernativa siano membri
    dell'Organizzazione;...".
 ---pagebreak--- CONCLUSIONI
 li' necessario, di conseguenza, proporre al Consiglio di decidere di procedere alla firma,
con riserva di approvazione, del Trattato sul diritto dei marchi a nome della Comunità
europea. A tal fine il Presidente del Consiglio sarà autorizzato a designare le persone
abilitate a firmare il Trattato prima della scadenza del termine di preclusione, fissato al
27 ottobre 1995.
                                        DECISIONE
La decisione del Consiglio dell'Unione europea assumerà la forma di un'iscrizione al
verbale della sua sessione.
"In occasione della sessione del.... // Consiglio dell'Unione europea ha deciso:
•     di procedere alla firma, con riserva di approvazione, a nome della Comunità
      europea, del Trattato sul diritto dei marchi, adottato il 27 ottobre 1994 sotto l'egida
      dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Proprietà Intellettuale;
•     di autorizzare il suo Presidente a designare le persone abilitate a firmare detto
      Trattato entro il 27 ottobre 1995.
Il testo del Trattato sul diritto dei marchi è allegato alla presente decisione"
                                             -3
 ---pagebreak--- Trademark Law Treaty
                     and
         Regulations
 Done at Geneva on October 27,1994
   World Intellectual Property Organization
                GENEVA 1994
 ---pagebreak---                    CONTENTS
                                                                TRADEMARK LAW TREATY
    Treaty                         page 3
    Regulations                    page 35
                                                                         List of Articles
                                             Article 1:     Abbreviated Expressions
                                             Articled:     Marks to Which the Treaty Applies
                                             Article 3:    Application
                                             Article 4:    Representation; Address for Service
                                             Article 5:    Filing Date
                                             Article 6:    Single Registration for Goods and/or Services in
                                                           Several Classes
                                             Article 7:    Division of Application and Registration
                                             Article 8:    Signature
                                            Article 9:     Classification of Goods and/or Services
                                            Article 10:   Changes in Names or Addresses
                                            Article 11:   Change in Ownership
                                            Article 12:
h ,                                         Article 13:
                                            Article 14:
                                                          Correction of a Mistake
                                                          Duration and Renewal of Registration
                                                          Observations in base of Intended Refusal
                                            Article I Si  Obligation to Comply with the Paris Convention
                                            Article 1.6:  Service Marks
                                            Article 17:   Regulations
                                           Article 18:   Revision; Protocols
                                           Article 19:   Becoming Party to the Treaty
                                           Article 20:   Effective Date of Ratifications and Accessions
                                           Article 21:
                                                         Reservations
                                           Article 22:
                                                         Transitional Provisions
                                           Article 23:
                                                         Denunciation of the Treaty
                                           Article 24:
                                           Article 25:   Languages of the Treaty; Signature
                                                         Depositary
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                    No. 225(E)
                ISBN 92-805-0568-8
                   WIPO 1994
 ---pagebreak---                                    Artide 1
                           Abbreviated Expressions
         For the purposes of this Treaty, unless expressly stated
    otherwise:
           (i) "Office" means the agency entrusted by a Contracting
    Party with the registration of marks;
          (ii) "registration" means the registration of a mark by an
    Office;
         (iii) "application" means an application for registration;
         (iv) references to a "person" shall be construed as references
    to both a natural person and a legal entity;
          (v) "holder" means the person whom the register of marks
    shows as the holder of the registration;
         (vi) "register of marks" means the collection of data
    maintained by an Office, which includes the contents of all
    registrations and all data recorded in respect of all registrations,
    irrespective of the medium in which such data are stored;
        (vii) "Paris Convention" means the Paris Convention for the
<T> Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on March 20,
    1883, as revised and amended;
       (viii) "Nice Classification" means the classification established
    by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classifica-
    tion of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of
    Marks, signed at Nice on June 15, 1957, as revised and amended;
         (ix) "Contracting Party" means any State or intergovernmen-
    tal organization party to this Treaty;
          (x) references to an "instrument of ratification" shall be
    construed as including references to instruments of acceptance and
    approval;
         (xi) "Organization" means the World Intellectual Property
    Organization;
        (xii) "Director General" means the Director General of the
    Organization;
       (xiii) "Regulations" means the Regulations under this Treaty
    that are referred to in Article 17.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                [ Article Z{\)(a), continued J
                                   Article 2
                     Marks to Which the Treaty Applies                                      (vi) where an address for service is required under
                                                                                Article 4(2)(b)% such address;
      (1) I Nature of Marks ] (a) This Treaty shall apply to marks                         (vii) where the applicant wishes to take advantage of the
  consisting of visible signs, provided that only those Contracting               priority of an earlier application, a declaration claiming the
  Parties which accept for registration three-dimensional marks shall            priority of that earlier application, together with indications and
  be obliged to apply this Treaty to such marks.                                 evidence in support of the declaration of priority that may be
                                                                                required pursuant to Article 4 of the Paris Convention;
          (b) This Treaty shall not apply to hologram marks and to                        (viii) where the applicant wishes to take advantage of any
  marks not consisting of visible signs, in particular, sound marks              protection resulting from the display of goods and/or services in an
  and olfactory marks.                                                           exhibition, a declaration to that effect, together with indications in
                                                                                support of that declaration, as required by the law of the
      (2) [ Kinds of Marks ] (a) This Treaty shall apply to marks                Contracting Party;
  relating to goods (trademarks) or services (service marks) or both                       (ix) where the Office of the Contracting Party uses
  goods and services.                                                           characters (letters and numbers) that it considers as being
          (b) This Treaty shall not apply to collective marks,                  standard and where the applicant wishes that the mark be
  certification marks and guarantee marks.                                      registered and published in standard characters, a statement to
                                                                                that effect;
                                                                                (x) where the applicant wishes to claim color as a
                                                                               distinctive feature of the mark, a statement to that effect as well
^                                                                              as the name or names of the color or colors claimed and an
                                   Article 3                                   indication, in respect of each color, of the principal parts of the
                                  Application                                  mark which are in that color;
                                                                                (xi) where the mark is a three-dimensional mark, a
       (1) [ Indications or Elements Contained in or Accompanying an           statement to that effect;
  Application; Fee} (a) Any Contracting Party may require that an                        (xii) one or more reproductions of the mark;
  application contain some or all of the following indications or                       (xiii) a transliteration of the mark or of certain parts of the
   elements:                                                                   mark;
               (i) a request for registration;                                          (xiv) a translation of the mark or of certain parts of the
              (ii) the name and address of the applicant;                     mark;
             (iii) thè name of a State of which the applicant is a national              (xv) the names of the goods and/or services for which the
   if he is the national of any State, the name of a State in which the       registration is sought, grouped according to the classes of the Nice
   applicant has his domicile, if any, and the name of a State in which       Classification, each group preceded by the number of the class of
   the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial            that Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs
   establishment, if any;                                                    and presented in the order of the classes of the said Classification;
             (iv) where the applicant is a legal entity, the legal nature of           (xvi) a signature by the person specified in paragraph (4);
   that legal entity and the State, and, where applicable, the territorial            (xvii) a declaration of intention to use the mark, as required
   unit within that State, under the law of which the said legal entity      by the law of the Contracting Party.
   has been organized;                                                               (b) The applicant mayfile,instead of or in addition to the
               (v) where the applicant has a representative, the name        declaration of intention to use the mark referred to in sub-
   and address of that representative;                                       paragraph (aj(xvii), a declaration of actual use of the mark and
 ---pagebreak---    [ Article 3(\)(b), continued ]
                                                                                [ Article 3, continued ]
   evidence to that effect, as required by the law of the Contracting             (6) [ Actual Use J Any Contracting Party may require that,
   Party.                                                                     where a declaration of intention to use has been filed under
           (c) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of          paragraph (l)(a)(xvii), the applicant furnish to the Office within a
   the application, fees be paid to the Office.                               time limit fixed in its law, subject to the minimum time limit
                                                                              prescribed in the Regulations, evidence of the actual use of the
                                                                             mark, as required by the said law.
       (2) [ Presentation ] As regards the requirements concerning the
   presentation of the application, no Contracting Party shall refuse            (7) [ Prohibition ofOther Requirements ] No Contracting Party
   the application,                                                          may demand that requirements other than those referred to in
         (i) where the application is presented in writing on paper, if it   paragraphs (1) to (4) and (6) be complied with in respect of the
                                                                             application. In particular, the following may not be required in
   is presented, subject to paragraph (3), on a form corresponding to        respect of the application throughout its pendency:
   the application Form provided for in the Regulations,
        (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of                 (i) the furnishing of any certificate of, or extract from, a
                                                                            register of commerce;
   communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the application
   is so transmit ted. if the paper copy resulting from such transmittal          (ii) an indication of the applicant's carrying on of ah
°q corresponds, subject to paragraph (3). to the application Form
   referred to in item (i).
                                                                            industrial or commercial activity, as well as the furnishing of
                                                                            evidence to that effect;
                                                                                (iii) an indication of the applicant's carrying on of an activity
                                                                            corresponding to the goods and/or services listed in the
       (3) [ Language ] Any Contracting Party may require that the          application, as well as the furnishing of evidence to that effect;
   application be in the language, or in one of the languages, admitted          (iv) the furnishing of evidence to the effect that the mark has
   by the Office. Where the Office admits more than one language, the       been registered in the register of marks of another Contracting
   applicant may be required to comply with any other language             Party or of a State party to the Paris Convention which is not a
   requirement applicable with respect to the Office, provided that the    Contracting Party, except where the applicant claims the
   application may not be required to be in more than one language.        application of Article dquinquies of the Paris Convention.
                                                                                (8) [ Evidence ] Any Contracting Party may require that
       (4) [ Signature ) (a) The signature referred to in para-            evidence be furnished to the Office in the course of the
   graph (i)(a)(xvi) may be the signature of the applicant or the          examination of the application where the Office may reasonably
   signature of his representative.                                        doubt the veracity of any indication or element contained in the
                                                                           application.
          (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph fa), any Contracting
   Party may require that the declarations referred to in para-
   graph (l)faj(xvii) and (b) be signed by the applicant himself even
   if he has a representative.                    è
       (5) [ Single Application for Goods and/or Services in Several
   Classes ) One and the same application may relate to several goods
   and/or services, irrespective of whether they belong to one class or
   to several classes of the Nice Classification.
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 4                                                                         [ Article A(3)(dJ, continued J
                     ' Representation; Address for Service                      of the communication, not in possession of the required power of
          (1) [Representatives Admitted to Practice ] Any Contracting           attorney, the Contracting Party may require that the power of
      Party may require that any person appointed as representative for         attorney be submitted to the Office within the time limit fixed by
      the purposes of any procedure before the Office be a representative       the Contracting Party, subject to the minimum time limit
      admitted to practice before thè Office.                                   prescribed in the Regulations. Any Contracting Party may
                                                                               provide that, where the power of attorney has not been submitted .
                                                                               to the Office within the time limit fixed by the Contracting Party,
          (2) [ Mandatory Representation; Addressfor Service ] (a) Any         the communication by the said person shall have no effect.
      Contracting PaVty may require that, for the purposes of any
      procedure before the Office, any person who has neither a domicile              (e) As regards the requirements concerning the presenta-
      nor a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment on       tion and contents of the power of attorney, no Contracting Party
     its territory be represented by a representative.                        shall refuse the effects of the power of attorney,
             (b) Any Contracting Party may, to the extent that it does                   (i) where the power of attorney is presented in writing on
     not require representation in accordance with subparagraph (a),          paper, if it is presented, subject to paragraph (4), on a form
     require that, for the purposes of any procedure before the Office,       corresponding to the power of attorney Form provided for in the .
     any person who has neither a domicile nor a real and effective           Regulations,
     industrial or commercial establishment on its territory have an                    (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of
    address for service on that territory.                                   communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the power of
                                                                             attorney is so transmitted, if the paper copy resulting from such
         (3) [ Power of Attorney J (a) Whenever a Contracting Party          transmittal corresponds, subject to paragraph (4), to the power of
    allows or requires an applicant, a holder or any other interested        attorney Form referred to in item (i).
V3  person to be represented by a representative before the Office, it
    may require that the representative be appointed in a separate                (4) [ Language ] Any Contracting Party may require, that the
    communication (hereinafter referred to as "power of attorney")          power of attorney be in the language, or in one of the languages,
    indicating the name of, and signed by, the applicant, the holder or     admitted by the Office.
    the other person, as the case may be.
            (b) The power of attorney may relate to one or more                  (5) [ Reference to Power of Attorney ] Any Contracting Party
   applications and/or registrations identified in the power of             may require that any communication made to the Office by a
   attorney or, subject to any exception indicated by the appointing       representative for the purposes of a^procedure before the Office
   person, to all existing and future applications and/or registrations    contain a reference to the power of attorney on the basis of which
   of that person.                                                         the representative acts.
            (c) The power of attorney may limit the powers of the               (6) [ Prohibition ofOther Requirements ] No Contracting Party
   representative to certain acts. Any Contracting Party may require       may demand that requirements other than those referred to in
   that any power of attorney under which the representative has the       paragraphs (3) to (5) be complied with in respect of the matters
   right to withdraw an application or to surrender a registration        dealt with in those paragraphs.
   contain an express indication to that effect.
            (d) Where a communication is submitted to the Office by a       • (7) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that
   person who refers to himself in the communication as a                 evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may
   representative but where the Office is, at the time of the receipt     reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in any
                                                                          communication referred to in paragraphs (2) to (5).
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                                                                                II
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                [ Article 5, continued J
                                 Article 5                                          (3) [ Corrections and Time Limits ] The modalities of, and time
                                                                               limits for, corrections under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be fixed
                                Filing Date                                   in the Regulations.
      (1) [ Permitted Requirements ] (a) Subject to subpara-                       (4) [ ProhibitionofOther Requirements ] No Contracting Party
  graph (b) and paragraph (2), a Contracting Party shall accord               may demand that requirements other than those referred to in
  as the filing date of an application the date on which the Office           paragraphs (1) and (2) be complied with in respect of the filing
  received the following indications and elements in the language             date.
  required under Article 3(3):
             (i) an express or implicit indication that the registration
  of a mark is sought;
            (ii) indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be                                       Article 6
  established;                                                                 Single Registration for Goods and/or Services in Several Classes
           (iii) indications sufficient to contact the applicant or his
  representative, if any, by mail;                                                Where goods and/or services belonging to several classes of the
                                                                             Nice Classification have been included in one and the same
           (iv) a sufficiently clear reproduction of the mark whose          application, such an application shall result in one and the same
  registration is sought;                                                    registration.
0            (v) the list of the goods and/or services for which the
  registration is sought;
            (vi) where Article 3(l)(aXxvii) or (b) applies, the decla-
  ration referred to in Article 3(\)(a)(xvii) or the declaration and                                           Article 7
  evidence referred to in Article 3(1)(6J, respectively, as required by                       Division of Application and Registration
   the law of the Contracting Party, those declarations being, if so
   required by the said law, signed by the applicant himself even if he          (1) [Division of Application ] (a) Any application listing
   has a representative.                                                    several goods and/or services (hereinafter referred to as "initial
                                                                            application") may,
          (b) Any Contracting Party may accord as the filing date of
   the application the date on which the Office received only some,                     (i) at least until the decision by the Office on the
   rather than all, of the indications and elements referred to in                           registration of the mark,
   subparagraph (a) or received them in a language other than the                     (ii) during any opposition proceedings against the
   language required under Article 3(3).                                                    decision of the Office to register the mark,
                                                                                (iii) during any appeal proceedings against the decision on
       (2) [ Permitted Additional Requirement ] (a) A Contracting                           the registration of the mark,
   Party may provide that no filing date shall be accorded until the       be divided by the applicant or at his request into two or more
   required fees are paid.                                                applications (hereinafter referred to as "divisional applications")
                                                                          by distributing among the latter the goods and/or services listed in
          (b) A Contracting Party may apply the requirement referred      the initial application. The divisional applications shall preserve
   to in subparagraph (a) only if it applied such requirement at the      thefilingdate of the initial application and the benefit of the right
   time of becoming party to this Treaty.                                 of priority, if any.
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                                                                                13
 ---pagebreak--- [ Article 7(1), continued ]                                                                                [ Article %{2)(a), continued ]
         (b) Any Contracting Party shall, subject to subpara-                required under paragraph (l)(iv), the indication in letters of the
graph (a), be free to establish requirements for the division of             name of the natural person whose seal is Used, appears.
an application, including the payment of fees.
                                                                                (b) The Contracting Party referred to in subparagraph (a)
    (2) [ Division of Registration ] Paragraph (1) shall apply,             may require that the paper whose reproduction was transmitted by
mutatis mutandis, with respect to a division of a registration.             telefacsimile befiledwith the Office within a certain period, subject
Such a division shall be permitted                                          to the minimum period prescribed in the Regulations.
        (i) during any proceedings in which the validity of the
            registration is challenged before the Office by a third             (3) [ Communication by Electronic Means ] Where a Contract-
            party,                                                          ing Party allows the transmittal of communications to the Office by
       (ii) during any appeal proceedings against a decision taken         electronic means, it shall consider the communication signed if the
            by the Office during the former proceedings,                   latter identifies the sender of the communication by electronic
                                                                           means as prescribed by the Contracting Party.
provided that a Contracting Party may exclude the possibility of
the division of registrations if its law allows third parties to oppose         (4) [ Prohibition ofRequirement of Certification J No Contract-
the registration of a mark before the mark is registered.                  ing Party may require the attestation, notarization, authentication,
                                                                           legalization or other certification of any signature or other means
                                                                           of self-identification referred to in the preceding paragraphs,
                                                                          except, if the law of the Contracting Party so provides, where the
                                 Article 8                                signature concerns the surrender of a registration.
                                Signature
    (1) [ Communication on Paper ] Where a communication to the
Office of a Contracting Party is on paper and a signature is                                              Article 9
required, that Contracting Party
                                                                                Classification of Goods and/or Services
       (i) shall, subject to item (iii), accept a handwritten signature,
      (ii) shall be free to allow, instead of a handwritten signature,         (1) [ Indications of Goods and/or Services ] Each registration
the use of other forms of signature, such as a printed or stamped         and any publication effected by an Office which concerns an
signature, or the use of a seal,                                          application or registration and which indicates goods and/or
     (iii) may, where the natural person who signs the communi-          services shall indicate the goods and/or services by their names,
cation is its national and such person's address is in its territory,    grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification, and
require that a seal be used instead of a handwritten signature,          each group shall be preceded by the number of the class of that
     (iv) may, where a seal is used, require that the seal be            Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs and
accompanied by an indication in letters of the name of the natural       shall be presented in the order of the classes of the said
person whose seal is used.                                               Classification.
    (2) [ Communication by Telefacsimile ] fa) Where a Contract-              (2) [ Goods or Services in the Same Class or in Different
ing Party allows the transmittal of communications to the Office by      Classes ] (a) Goods or services may not be considered as being
telefacsimile, it shall consider the communication signed if, on the     similar to each other on the ground that, in any registration or
printout produced by the telefacsimile, the reproduction of the          publication by the Office, they appear in the same class of the Nice
signature, or the reproduction of the seal together with, where          Classification.
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           (b) Goods or (services may not be considered as being                       (e) A single request shall be sufficient even where the change
   dissimilar from each other on the ground that, in any registration          relates to more than one registration, provided that the registration
   or publication by the Office, they appear in different classes of the       numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in the request.
   Nice Classification.
                                                                                (2) [ Change in the Name or Address of the Applicant J
                                                                              Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the change
                                                                              concerns an application or applications, or both an application or
                                  Article 10                                  applications and a registration or registrations, provided that,
                                                                              where the application number of any application concerned has
                        Changes in Names or Addresses                         not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant or his
                                                                              representative, the request otherwise identifies that application as
        (1) [ Changes in the Name or Address of the Holder ]                  prescribed in the Regulations.
    (a) Where there is no change in the person of the holder but
    there is a change in his name and/or address, each Contracting
                                                                                (3) [ Change in the Name or Address of the Representative or in
    Party shall accept that a request for the recordal of the change by       the Address for Service] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis
    the Office in its register of marks be made in a communication            mutandis, to any change in the name or address of the
    signed by the holder or his representative and indicating the             representative, if any, and to any change relating to the address
    registration number of the registration concerned and the change          for service, if any.
    to be recorded. As regards the requirements concerning the
    presentation of the request, no Contracting Party shall refuse the             (4) [ Prohibition ofOther Requirements ] No Contracting Party
    request,                                                                  may demand that requirements other than those referred to in
               (i) where the request is presented in writing on paper, if it  paragraphs (1) to (3) be complied with in respect of the request
(S  is presented, subject to subparagraph (c), on a form corresponding
    to the request Form provided for in the Regulations,
                                                                              referred to in this Article. In particular, the furnishing of any
                                                                             certificate concerning the change may not be required.
              (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of
    communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the request is so           (5) ( Evidence ] Any Contracting Party may require that'
     transmitted, if the paper copy resulting from such transmittal          evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may
     corresponds, subject to subparagraph (c), to the request Form           reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in the
     referred to in item (i).                                                request.
            (b) Any Contracting Party may require that the request
     indicate
                (i) the name and address of the holder;
               (ii) where the holder has a representative, the name and                                      Article 11
     address of that representative;                                                                   Change in Ownership
              (iii) where the holder has an address for service, such
     address.                                                                     ( 1 ) [ Change in the Ownership of a Registration ] (a) Where
                                                                             there is a change in the person of the holder, each Contracting
            (c) Any Contracting Party may require that the request be        Party shall accept that a request for-the recordal of the change by
     in the language, or in one of the languages, admitted by the Office.    the Office in its register of marks be made in a communication
            (d) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of        signed by the holder or his representative, or by the person who
     the request, a fee be paid to the Office.                               acquired the ownership (hereinafter referred to as "new owner") or
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    [ Article U(l)faJ ( continued 1
    his representative, and indicating the registration number of the                   (d) Where there is a change in the person of one or more but
    registration concerned and the change to be recorded. As regards             not all of several co-holders and such change in ownership results
    the requirements concerning the presentation of the request, no              from a contract or a merger, any Contracting Party may require
                                                                                that any co-holder in respect of which there is no change in
    Contracting Party shall refuse the request,                                 ownership give his express consent to the change in ownership in a
                 (i) where the request is presented in writing on paper, if it  document signed by him.
     is presented, subject to paragraph (2)(a), on a form corresponding
     to the request Form provided for in the Regulations,                               (e) Where the change in ownership does not result from a
                                                                                contract or a merger but from another ground, for example, from
                (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of      operation of law or a court decision, any Contracting Party may
     communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the request is so        require that the request indicate that fact and be accompanied by a
     transmitted, if the paper copy resulting from such transmittal             copy of a document evidencing the change and that that copy be
      corresponds, subject to paragraph (2)(a), to the request Form             certified as being in conformity with the original document by the
      referred to in item (i).                                                  authority which issued the document or by a notary public or any
              (b) Where the change in ownership results from a contract,        other competent public authority.
      any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate that                  (f) Any Contracting Party may require that the request
      fact and be accompanied, at the option of the requesting party, by        indicate
      one of the following:                                                                 (i) the name and address of the holder;
                   (i) a copy of the contract, which copy may be required to               (ii) the name and address of the new owner;
       be certified, by a notary public or any other competent public                     (iii) the name of a State of which the new owner is a
       authority, as being in conformity with the original contract;           national if he is the national of any State, the name of a State in
                  (ii) an extract of the contract showing the change in        which the new owner has his domicile, if any, and the name of a
                                                                               State in which the new owner has a real and effective industrial or
V/0    ownership, which extract may be required to be certified, by a
                                                                               commercial establishment, if any;
       notary public or any other competent public authority, as being a
       true extract of the contract;                                                      (iv) where the new owner is a legal entity, the legal nature
                                                                               of that legal entity and the State, and, where applicable, the
                  (iii) an uncertified certificate of transfer drawn up in the territorial unit within that State, under the law of which the said
        form and with the content as prescribed in the Regulations and         legal entity has been organized;
        signed by both the holder and the new owner;                                       (v) where the holder has a representative, the name and
                  (iv) an uncertified transfer document drawn up in the        address of that representative;
        form and with the content as prescribed in the Regulations and                    (vi) where the holder has an address for service, such
        signed by both the holder and the new owner.                           address;
                (c) Where the change in ownership results from a merger,                 (vii) where the new owner has a representative, the name
                                                                               and address of that representative;
         any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate that
         fact and be accompanied by a copy of a document, which                         (viii) where the new owner is required to have an address
         document originates frort the competent authority and evidences       for service under Article 4(2)(b), such address.
         the merger, such as a copy of an extract from a register of                   (g) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of
         commerce, and that that copy be certified by the authority which      the request, a fee be paid to the Office.
         issued the document or by a notary public or any other competent
                                                                                (h) A single request shall be sufficient even where the change
          public authority, as being in conformity with the original           relates to more than one registration, provided that the holder and
          document.
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          18
 ---pagebreak---       I Article I \(\)(h), continued j                                                                                Article 11(4), continued
      the new owner are the same for each registration and that the                  (iii) an indication of the new owner's carrying on of an activity
      registration numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in      corresponding to the goods and/or services affected by the change
      the request.                                                              in ownership, as well as the furnishing of evidence to either effect;
              (i) Where the change of ownership docs not affect all the              (iv) an indication that the holder transferred, entirely or in
      goods and/or services listed in the holder's registration, and the        part, his business or the relevant goodwill to the new owner, as well
      applicable law allows the recording of such change, the Office shall      as the furnishing of evidence to either effect.
      create a separate registration referring to the goods and/or services
      in respect of which the ownership has changed.                                (5) [ Evidence ] Any Contracting Party may require that
                                                                                evidence, or further evidence where paragraph (\)(c) or (e)
           (2) [ Language; Translation ] (a) Any Contracting Party may          applies, be furnished to the Office where that Office may
      require that the request, the certificate of transfer or the transfer     reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in the
      document referred to in paragraph (1) be in the language, or in one       request or in any document referred to in the present Article.
      of the languages, admitted by the Office.
               (b) Any Contracting Party may require that, if the
       documents referred to in paragraph (\)(b)(i) and (ii), (c) and                                         Article 12
       (e) are not in the language, or in one of the languages, admitted by
       the Office, the request be accompanied by a translation or a                                     Correction of a Mistake
  y    certified translation of the required document in the language, or in
 - >   one of the languages, admitted by the Office.                               (1) [ Correction of a Mistake in Respect of a Registration ] (a)
                                                                               Each Contracting Party shall accept that the request for the
*-^        (3) [ Change in the Ownership of an Application ] Para-             correction of a mistake which was made in the application or other
       graphs (1) and (2) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the change      request communicated to the Office and which mistake is reflected
       in ownership concerns an application or applications, or both an        in its register of marks and/or any publication by the Office be
       application or applications and a registration or registrations,       made in a communication signed by the holder or his representa-
                                                                              tive and indicating the registration number of the registration
       provided that, where the application number of any application
                                                                              concerned, the mistake to be corrected and the correction to be
       concerned has not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant     entered. As regards the requirements concerning the presentation
       or his representative, the request otherwise identifies that           of the request, no Contracting Party shall refuse the request.
      'application as prescribed in the Regulations.
                                                                                (i) where the request is presented in writing on paper, if it
            (4) [ Prohibition of Other Requirements ] No Contracting Party    is presented, subject to subparagraph (c), on a form corresponding
     * may demand that requirements other than those referred to in           to the request Form provided for in the Regulations,
        paragraphs (1) to (3) be complied with in respect of the request                  (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of
        referred to in this Article. In particular, the following may not be communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the request is so
        required:                                                            transmitted, if the paper copy resulting from such transmittal
                                                                             corresponds, subject to subparagraph (c), to the request Form
              (i) subject to paragraph (\)(c), the furnishing of any         referred to in item (i).
        certificate of, or extract from, a register of commerce;
             (ii) an indication of the new owner's carrying on of an                  (b) Any Contracting Party may require that the request
        industrial or commercial activity, as well as the furnishing of      indicate
     . evidence to that effect;                                                           (i) the name and address of the holder;
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 ---pagebreak---     I Article 12(1 H/> J. continued 1
                 (ii) where the holder has a representative, the name and
                                                                                Article 13
    address of that representative;
                (iii) where the holder has an address for service, such                          Duration and Renewal of Registration
    address.                                                                        (1) [ Indications or Elements Contained in or Accompanying a
              (c) Any Contracting Party may require that the request be         Requestfor Renewal; Fee ](a) Any Contracting Party may require
    in the language, or in one of the languages, admitted by the Office.        that the renewal of a registration be subject to thefilingof a request
              (d) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of         and that such request contain some or all of the following
                                                                                indications:
     the request, a fee be paid to the Office.
                                                                                (i) an indication that renewal is sought;
              (e) A single request shall be sufficient even where the
                                                                                (ii) the name and address of the holder;
     correction relates to more than one registration of the same person,
     provided that the mistake and the requested correction are the                      (iii) the registration number of the registration concerned;
     same for each registration and that the registration numbers of all                 (iv) at the option of the Contracting Party, thefilingdate
     registrations concerned are indicated in the request.                     of the application which resulted in the registration concerned or
                                                                               the registration date of the registration concerned;
          (2) I Correction of a Mistake in Respect of an Application ]                    (v) where the holder has a representative, the name and
      Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the mistake           address of that representative;
      concerns an application or applications, or both an application or                (vi) where the holder has an address for service, such
      applications and a registration or registrations; provided that, '       address;
      where the application number of any application concerned has                    (vii) where the Contracting Party allows the renewal of a
t-1   not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant or his              registration to be made for some only of the goods and/or services
      representative, the request otherwise identifies that application as     which are recorded in the registe/ of marks and such a renewal is
      prescribed in the Regulations.                                          requested, the names of the recorded goods and/or services for
                                                                              which the renewal is requested or the names of the recorded goods
           (3) [ Prohibition of Other Requirements ] No Contracting Party     and/or services for which the renewal is not requested, grouped
      may demand that requirements other than those referred to in            according to the classes of the Nice Classification, each group
       paragraphs (1) and (2) be complied with in respect of the request      preceded by the number of the class of that Classification to which
       referred to in this Article,                                           that group of goods or services belongs and presented in the order
                                                                              of the classes of the said Classification;
           (4) [ Evidence ] Any Contracting Party may require that
       evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may                       (viii) where a Contracting Party allows a request for
                                                                              renewal to be filed by a person other than the holder or his
       reasonably doubt that the alleged mistake is in fact a mistake.        representative and the request is filed by such a person, the name
                                                                             and address of that person;
            (5) [ Mistakes Made by the Office ] The Office of a Contracting
       Party shall correct its own mistakes, ex officio or upon request, for           (ix) a signature by the holder or his representative or,
                                                                             where item (viii) applies, a signature by the person referred to in
       no fee.                                                               that item.
            (6) [ Uncorrectable Mistakes ] No Contracting Party shall be             (b) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of
        obliged to apply paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) to any mistake which    the request for renewal, a fee be paid to the Office. Once the fee has
        cannot be corrected under its law.                                   been paid in respect of the initial period of the registration or of any
                                                                             renewal period, no further payment may be required for the
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   [ Article 13(1 )(*>;, continued 1
                                                                                examination of the request for renewal where the Office may
   maintenance of the registration in respect of that period. Fees               reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication or element
   associated with the furnishing of a declaration and/or evidence of            contained in the request for renewal.
   use shall not be regarded, for the purposes of this subparagraph, as
    payments required for the maintenance of the registration and
    shall hot be affected by this subparagraph.                                      (6) [ Prohibition of Substantive Examination ] No Office of a
                                                                                Contracting Party may, for the purposes of effecting the renewal,
              (c) Any Contracting Party may require that the request for         examine the registration as to substance.
    renewal be presented, and the corresponding fee referred to in
    subparagraph (b) be paid, to the Office within the periodfixedby                 (7) [ Duration ] The duration of the initial period of the
     the law of the Contracting Party, subject to the minimum periods            registration, and the duration of each renewal period, shall be 10
     prescribed in the Regulations.                                              years.
           (2) [ Presentation] As regards the requirements concerning the
     presentation of the request for renewal, no Contracting Party shall
      refuse the request,
                                                                                Article 14
              (i) where the request is presented in writing on paper, if it is
      presented, subject to paragraph (3), on a form corresponding to                         Observations in Case of Intended Refusal
      the request Form provided for in the Regulations,
             (ii) where the Contracting Party allows the transmittal of              An application or a request under Articles 10 to 13 may not be
      communications to the Office by telefacsimile and the request is so        refused totally or in part by an Office without giving the applicant
       transmitted, if the paper copy resulting from such transmittal           or the requesting party, as the case may be, an opportunity to make
CD     corresponds, subject to paragraph (3), to the request Form               observations on the intended refusal within a reasonable time limit.
       referred to in item (i).
          * (3) [ Language ] Any Contracting Party may require that the
        request for renewal be in the language, or in one of the languages,                                    Article 15
        admitted by the Office.
                                                                                Obligation to Comply with the Paris Convention
             (4) [ Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party
        may demand that requirements other than those referred to in                Any Contracting Party shall comply with the provisions of the
        paragraphs (1) to (3) be complied with in respect of the request for    Paris Convention which concern marks.
         renewal. In particular, the following may not be required:
                 (i) any reproduction or other identification of the mark;
                (ii) the furnishing of evidence to the effect that the mark has
         been registered, or that its registration has been renewed, in the                                    Article 16
         register of marks of any other Contracting Party;
                                                                                Service Marks
               (iii) the furnishing of a declaration and/or evidence concer-
          ning use of the mark.                                                     Any Contracting Party shall register service marks and apply to
               (5) [ Evidence ] Any Contracting Party may require that          such marks the provisions of the Paris Convention which concern
                                                                                trademarks.
          evidence be furnished to the Office in the course of the
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          24
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                [ Article 19(1), continued ]
                                   Article 17
                                                                                (i) any State member of the Organization in respect of which
                                  Regulations                                    marks may be registered with its own Office;
      (1) [ Content ] (a) The Regulations annexed to this Treaty                       (ii) any intergovernmental organization which maintains an
  provide rules concerning                                                       Office in which marks may be registered with effect in the territory
                                                                                in which the constituting treaty of the intergovernmental
               (i) matters which this Treaty expressly provides to be
                                                                                organization applies, in all its member States or in those of its
  '"prescribed in the Regulations";                                             member States which are designated for such purpose in the
              (ii) any details useful in the implementation of the              relevant application, provided that all the member States of the
   provisions of this Treaty;                                                   intergovernmental organization are members of the Organization;
             (iii) any administrative requirements, matters or proce-                (iii) any State member of the Organization in respect of which
   dures.                                                                       marks may be registered only through the Office of another
           (b) The Regulations also contain Model International                 specified State that is a member of the Organization;
   Forms.                                                                            (iv) any State member of the Organization in respect of which
                                                                                marks may be registered only through the Office maintained by an
       (2) I Conflict Between the Treaty and the Regulations ] In the           intergovernmental organization of which that State is a member;
   case of conflict between the provisions of this Treaty and those of                (v) any State member of the Organization in respect of which
   the Regulations, the former shall prevail.                                   marks may be registered only through an Office common to a
                                                                                group of States members of the Organization.
3
                                                                                (2) [Ratification or Accession] Any entity referred to in
^                                   Article 18                                 paragraph (1) may deposit
                               Revision; Protocols                                    (i) an instrument of ratification, if it has signed this Treaty,
                                                                                (ii) an instrument of accession, if it has not signed this Treaty.
       (1) [ Revision ] This Treaty may be revised by a diplomatic
   conference.                                                                     (3) [ Effective Date of Deposit ] (a) Subject to subpara-
                                                                               graph (b), the effective date of the deposit of an instrument of
        (2) [ Protocols ] For the purposes of further developing the           ratification or accession shall be,
    harmonization of laws on marks, protocols may be adopted by a
    diplomatic conference in so far as those protocols do not                               (i) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (l)(i),
    contravene the provisions of this Treaty.                                  the date on which the instrument of that State is deposited;
                                                                                (ii) in the case of an intergovernmental organization, the
                                                                              date on which the instrument of that intergovernmental organi-
                                                                              zation is deposited;
                                    Article 19                                            (iii) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (l)(iii),
                         Becoming Party to the Treaty                         the date on which the following condition is fulfilled: the
                                                                              instrument of that State has been deposited and the instrument
                                                                              of the other, specified State has been deposited;
        ( 1 ) [ Eligibility ] The following entities may sign and, subject to
    paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 20(1) and (3), become party to                     (iv) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (l)(ivj,
    this Treaty:                                                              the date applicable under (ii), above;
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            (v) in the case of a State member of a group of States     covered by paragraph (2) shall become bound by this Treaty three
  referred to in paragraph (l)(v), the date on which the instruments   months after the date on which it has deposited its instrument of
  of all the States members of the group have been deposited.          ratification or accession.
          (b) Any instrument of ratification or accession (referred to
  in this subparagraph as "instrument") of a State may be
  accompanied by a declaration making it a condition to its being
  considered as deposited that the instrument of one other State or                                  Article 21
  one intergovernmental organization, or the instruments of two
  other States, or the instruments of one other State and one                                      Reservations
  intergovernmental organization, specified by name and eligible to
  become party to this Treaty, is or are also deposited. The               (1) [ Special Kinds of Marks ] Any State or intergovernmental
  instrument containing such a declaration shall be considered to      organization may declare through a reservation that, notwith-
  have been deposited on the day on which the condition indicated in   standing Article 2(\)(a) and (2)(a), any of the provisions of
  the declaration is fulfilled. However, when the deposit of any       Articles 3(1) and (2), 5, 7,11 and 13 shall not apply to associated
  instrument specified in the declaration is, itself, accompanied by a marks, defensive marks or derivative marks. Such reservation shall
  declaration of the said kind, that instrument shall be considered as specify those of the aforementioned provisions to which the
  deposited on the day on which the condition specified in the latter  reservation relates.
^ declaration is fulfilled.
                                                                           (2) [ Modalities ] Any reservation under paragraph ( 1 ) shall be
          (c) Any declaration made under paragraph (b) may be          made in a declaration accompanying the instrument of ratification
^ withdrawn, in its entirety or in part, at any time. Any such         of, or accession to, this Treaty of the State or intergovernmental
   withdrawal shall become effective on the date on which the          organization making the reservation.
   notification of withdrawal is received by the Director General.
                                                                           (3) [ Withdrawal ] Any reservation under paragraph (1) may
                                                                       be withdrawn at any time.
                                Article 20                                 (4) [ Prohibition of Other Reservations ] No reservation to this
              Effective Date of Ratifications and Accessions           Treaty other than the reservation allowed under paragraph (1)
                                                                       shall be permitted.
      (1) [ Instruments to Be Taken Into Consideration ] For the
   purposes of this Article, only instruments of ratification or
   accession that are deposited by entities referred to in
   Article 19(1) and that have an effective date according to                                       Article 22
   Article 19(3) shall be taken into consideration.                                           Transitional Provisions
       (2) [ Entry Into Force of the Treaty ] This Treaty shall enter      (1) [ Single Application for Goods and Services in Several
   into force three months after five States have deposited their      Classes; Division of Application ] (a) Any State or intergovern-
   instruments of ratification or accession.                           mental organization may declare that, notwithstanding
                                                                       Article 3(5), an application may be filed with the Office only in
       (3) [ Entry Into Force of Ratifications and Accessions Sub-     respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice
   sequent to the Entry Into Force of the Treaty ] Any entity not      Classification.
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       (b) Any State or intergovernmental organization may                 (6) [ Substantive Examination on the Occasion of Renewal ]
declare that, notwithstanding Article 6, where goods and/or            Any State or intergovernmental organization may declare that,
services belonging to several classes of the Nice Classification       notwithstanding Article 13(6), the Office may, on the occasion of
have been included in one and the same application, such               the first renewal of a registration covering services, examine such
application shall result in two or more registrations in the register  registration as to substance, provided that such examination shall
of marks, provided that each and every such registration'shall bear    be limited to the elimination of multiple registrations based on
a reference to all other such registrations resulting from the said    applicationsfiledduring a period of six months following the entry
application.                                                           into force of the law of such State or organization that introduced,
                                                                       before the entry into force of this Treaty, the possibility of
       (c) Any State or intergovernmental organization that has        registering service marks.
made a declaration under subparagraph (a) may declare that,
notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided.              (7) [ Common Provisions ] (af) A State or an intergovernmental
                                                                       organization may make a declaration under paragraphs (1) to (6)
    (2) [ Single Power of Attorney for More Than One Application       only if, at the time of depositing its instrument of ratification of, or
and/or Registration ] Any State or intergovernmental organization      accession to, this Treaty, the continued application of its law
may declare that, notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power of          would, without such a declaration, be contrary to the relevant
attorney may only relate to one application or one registration.       provisions of this Treaty.
                                                                              (b) Any declaration under paragraphs (1) to (6) shall
    (3) [ Prohibition of Requirement of Certification of Signature of accompany the instrument of ratification of, or accession to, this
Power of Attorney and of Signature of Application ] Any State or      Treaty of the State or intergovernmental organization making the
intergovernmental organization may declare that, notwithstand-        declaration.
ing Article 8(4), the signature of a power of attorney or the
signature by the ajpplicant of an application may be required to be           (c) Any declaration made under paragraphs (1) to (6) may
the subject of an attestation, notarization, authentication,          be withdrawn at any time.
legalization or other certification.
                                                                          (8) [ Loss of Effect of Declaration ] (a) Subject to subpara-
    (4) [ Single Request for More Than One Application and/or         graph (c), any declaration made under paragraphs (1) to (5) by a
Registration in Respect of a Change in Name and/or Address, a         State regarded as a developing country in conformity with the
Change in Ownership or a Correction of a Mistake ] Any State or       established practice of the General Assembly of the United
intergovernmental organization may declare that, notwithstand-        Nations, or by an intergovernmental organization each member
ing Article I0(\)(e), (2) and (3), Article \\(\)(h) and (3) and       of which is such a State, shall lose its effect at the end of a period of
Article 12(l)f>; and (2), a request for the recordal of a change in   eight years from the date of entry into force of this Treaty.
name and/or address, a request for the recordal of a change in                (b) Subject to subparagraph (c), any declaration made
ownership and a request for the correction of a mistake may only      under paragraphs ( 1 ) to (5) by a State other than a State referred to
relate to one application or one registration.                        in subparagraph (a), or by an intergovernmental organization
                                                                      other than an intergovernmental organization referred to in
    (5) [ Furnishing, on the Occasion of Renewal, of Declaration      subparagraph (a), shall lose its effect at the end of a period of
and/or Evidence Concerning Use ] Any State or intergovernmental       six years from the date of entry into force of this Treaty.
organization may declare that, notwithstanding Article I3(4)(iii),
it will require, on the occasion of renewal, the furnishing of a             (cj Where a declaration made under paragraphs (1) to (5)
declaration and/or of evidence concerning use of the mark.            has not been withdrawn under paragraph (l)(c), or has not lost its
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 ---pagebreak---   I Article 22(8) (c), continued 1                                                                                [ Article 24(1), continued ]
  effect under subparagraph (a) or (b), before October 28,2004, it                 (b) At the request of a Contracting Party, an official text in a
  shall lose its effect on October 28,2004.                                 language not referred to in subparagraph (a) that is an official
                                                                            language of that Contracting Party shall be established by the
       (9) t Becoming Party to the Treaty ] Until December 31,1999,         Director General after consultation with the said Contracting
  any Stato which, on the date of the adoption of this Treaty, is a         Party and any other interested Contracting Party.
  member of the International (Paris) Union for the Protection of
   Industrial Property without being a member of the Organization               (2) [ Time Limit for Signature ] This Treaty shall remain open
   may, notwithstanding Article 19(1X0» become a party to this              for signature at the headquarters of the Organization for one year
   Treaty if marks may be registered with its own Office.                   after its adoption.
                                                                                Article 25
                                                                                Depositary
                                   Article 23
                                                                                The Director General shall be the depositary of this Treaty.
                          Denunciation of the Treaty
     - (1) [ Notification ] Any Contracting Party may denounce this
    Treaty by notification addressed to the Director General.
         (2) [ Effective Date ] Denunciation shall take effect one year
    from the date on which the Director General has received the
0   notification. It shall not affect the application of this Treaty to any
    application pending or any mark registered in respect of the
    denouncing Contracting Party at the time of the expiration of the
    said one-year period, provided that the denouncing Contracting
    Party .may, after the expiration of the said one-year period,
    discontinue applying this Treaty to any registration as from the
     date on which that registration is due for renewal.
                                    Article 24
                       Languages of the Treaty; Signature
          (1) [ Original Texts; Official Texts ] fa) This Treaty shall be
      signed in a single original in the English, Arabic, Chinese, French,
      Russian and Spanish languages, all texts being equally authentic.
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 ---pagebreak---                     REGULATIONS UNDER THE
                    TRADEMARK LAW TREATY
                              List of Rules
    Rule 1 : Abbreviated Expressions
    Rule 2: Manner of Indicating Names and Addresses
    Rule 3: Details Concerning the Application
    Rule 4: Details Concerning Representation
    Rule 5: Details Concerning the Filing Date
    Rule 6: Details Concerning the Signature
    Rule 7: Manner of Identification of an Application Without Its
            Application Number
    Rule 8: Details Concerning Duration and Renewal
                   List of Model International Forms
ÇN^ Form No. 1 Application for the Registration of a Mark
    Form No. 2 Power of Attorney
A   Form No. 3 Request for the Recordal of Change(s) in Name(s)
                and/or Address(es)
    Form No. 4 Request for the Recordal of a Change in Ownership
                in Respect of Registration(s) and/or Application(s)
                for Registration of Marks
    Form No. 5 Certificate of Transfer in Respect of Registration(s)
                and/or Application(s) for Registration of Marks
    Form No. 6. Transfer Document in Respect of Registration(s)
                and/or Application(s) for Registration of Marks
    Form No. 7 Request for the Correction of Mistake(s) in Regis-
                tration^) .and/or Application(s) for Registration of
                Marks
    Form No. 8 Request for the Renewal of a Registration
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 ---pagebreak---                                          Rulel
                                Abbreviated Expressions
            (1) [ "Treaty"; "Article" ] (a) In these Regulations, the word
         "Treaty" means the Trademark Law Treaty.
                (b) In these Regulations, the word "Article" refers to the
         specified Article of the Treaty.
            (2) [ Abbreviated Expressions Defined in the Treaty ] The
         abbreviated expressions defined in Article 1 for the purposes of
         the Treaty shall have the same meaning for the purposes of the
         Regulations.
                                         Rule 2
                       Manner of Indicating Names and Addresses
 l\>        (1) [ Names ] (a) Where the name of a person is to be
         indicated, any Contracting Party may require,
A)                  (i) where the person is a natural person, that the name to
         be indicated be the family or principal name and the given or
         secondary name or names of that person or that the name to be
         indicated be, at that person's option, the name or names
         customarily used by the said person;
                   (ii) where the person is a legal entity, that the name to be
         indicated be the full officiai designation of the legal entity.
                (b) Where the name of a representative which is a firm or
         partnership is to be indicated, any Contracting Party shall accept
         as indication of the name the indication that the firm or
         partnership customarily uses.
            (2) ( Addresses ] (a) Where the address of a person is to be
         indicated, any Contracting Party may require that the address be
         indicated in such a way as to satisfy the customary requirements for
         prompt postal delivery at the indicated address and, in any case,
         consist of all the relevant administrative units up to, and including,
         the house or building number, if any.
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 ---pagebreak---   Rule 2(2), continued ]
                                                                                Rule 3(2)(a), continued
       (b) Whei/e a communication to the Office of a Contracting         applicant wishes the mark to be registered and published in the
Party is in the name of two or more persons with different               standard characters used by the Office of that Contracting Party.
addresses, that Contracting Party may require that such
communication indicate a single address as the address for                       (b) Where the application contains a statement to the effect
correspondence.                                                          that the applicant wishes to claim color as a distinctive feature of
                                                                         the mark, a Contracting Party may not require more than five
       (c) The indication of an address may contain a telephone          reproductions of the mark in black and white and five
number and a telefacsimile number and, for the purposes of              reproductions of the mark in color.
correspondence, an address different from the address indicated
under subparagraph fa;.                                                      (3) [ Reproduction of a Three-Dimensional Mark ] (a) Where,
       (d) Subparagraphs (a) and (c) shall apply, mutatis mu-           pursuant to Article 3(l)(a)(xi), the application contains a
tandis, to addresses for service.                                       statement to the effect that the mark is a three-dimensional
                                                                        mark, the reproduction of the mark shall consist of a two-
    (3) [ Script to Be Used ] Any Contracting Party may require         dimensional graphic or photographic reproduction.
that any indication referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) be in the             (b) The reproduction furnished under subparagraph (a)
script used by the Office.                                              may, at the option of the applicant, consist of one single view of the
                                                                       mark or of several different views of the mark.
                                                                                (c) Where the Office considers that the reproduction of the
                                Rule 3                                 mark furnished by the applicant under subparagraph (a) does not
                                                                       sufficiently show the particulars of the three-dimensional mark, it
                  Details Concerning the Application                   may invite the applicant to furnish, within a reasonable time limit
                                                                       fixed in the invitation, up to six different views of the mark and/or a
    (1) [ Standard       Characters]     Where, pursuant to            description by words of that mark.
Article 3(\)(a)(ix), the application contains a statement to the
effect that the applicant wishes that the mark be registered and               (d) Where the Office considers that the different views and/
published in the standard characters used by the Office of the        or the description of the mark referred to in subparagraph (c) still
Contracting Party, the Office shall register and publish that mark    do not sufficiently show the particulars of the three-dimensional
in such standard characters.                                          mark, it may invite the applicant to furnish, within a reasonable
                                                                      time limit fixed in the invitation, a specimen of the mark.
    (2) ( Number of Reproductions ] (a) Where the application
does not contain a statement to the effect that the applicant wishes          (e) Paragraph (2)(a)(ï) and (b) shall apply mutatis mutan-
                                                                     dis.
to claim color as a distinctive feature of the mark, a Contracting
Party may not require more than
                                                                           (4) { Transliteration of the Mark ] For the purposes of
           (i) five reproductions of the mark in black and white     Article 3(\)(a)(x\i\), where the mark consists of or contains
where the application may not, under the law of that Contracting     matter in script other than the script used by the Office or
Party, or does not contain a statement to the effect that the        numbers expressed in numerals other than numerals used by the
applicant wishes the mark to be registered and published in the      Office, a transliteration of such matter in the script and numerals
standard characters used by the Office of the said Contracting       used by the Office may be required.
Party;
          (ii) one reproduction of the mark in black and white            (5) [ Translation of the Mark ] For the purposes of
where the application contains a statement to the effect that the    Article 3(l)(a,Hxiv), where the mark consists of or contains a
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 ---pagebreak---    [ Rule 3(5), continued ]
                                                                                [ Rule 5(1), continued ]
   word or words in a language other than the language, or one of the
   languages, admitted by the Office, a translation of that word or            territory of the Contracting Party concerned and at least two
   those words into that language or one of those languages may be            months where the applicant's address is outside the territory of the
   required.                                                                  Contracting Party concerned. Compliance with the invitation may
                                                                              be subject to the payment of a special fee. Even if the Office fails to
      (6) [ Time Limit for Furnishing Evidence of Actual Use of the           send the said invitation, the said requirements remain unaffected.
  Mark ] The time limit referred to in Article 3(6) shall not be shorter
  than six months counted from the date of allowance of the                         (2) [ Filing Date in Case of Correction ] If, within the time limit
  application by the Office of the Contracting Party where that              indicated in the invitation, the applicant complies with the
  application was filed. The applicant or holder shall have the right        invitation referred to in paragraph (1) and pays any required
  to an extension of that time limit, subject to the conditions              special fee, thefilingdate shall be the date on which all the required
  provided for by the law of that Contracting Party, by periods of at        indications and elements referred to in Article 5(1)(a) have been
  least six months each, up to a total extension of at least two years       received by the Office and, where applicable, the required fee
 and a half.                                                                 referred to in Article 5(2)(a) has been, paid to the Office.
                                                                             Otherwise, the application shall be treated as if it had not been
                                                                            filed.
                                                                                (3) [ Date of Receipt ] Each Contracting Party shall be free to
                                 Rule 4                                     determine the circumstances in which the receipt of a document or
                  Details Concerning Representation                         the payment of a fee shall be deemed to constitute receipt by or
                                                                            payment to the Office in cases in which the document was actually
      The time limit referred to in Article 4{3)(d) shall be counted       received by or payment was actually made to
 from the date of receipt of the communication referred to in that                  (i) a branch or sub-office of the Office,
 Article by the Office of the Contracting Party concerned and shall                (ii) a national Office on behalf of the Office of the Contracting
 not be less than one month where the address of the person on             Party, where the Contracting Party is an intergovernmental
 whose behalf the communication is made is on the territory of that        organization referred to in Article 19( 1 )(ii),
 Contracting Party and not less than two months where such an                    (iii) an official postal service,
 address is outside the territory of that Contracting Party.                     (iv) a delivery service, other than an official postal service,
                                                                          specified by the Contracting Party.
                                                                                (4) [ Use of Telefacsimile ] Where a Contracting Party allows
                                RuIeS                                     the filing of an application by telefacsimile and the application is
                                                                          filed by telefacsimile, the date of receipt of the telefacsimile by the
                  Details Concerning the Filing Date                     Office of that Contracting Party shall constitute the date of receipt
                                                                         of the application, provided that the said Contracting Party may
     (1) [ Procedure in Case ofNon-Compliance with Requirements ]        require that the original of such application reach the Office within
If the application does not, at the time of its receipt by the Office,   a time limit which shall be at least one month from the day on which
comply with any of the applicable requirements of Article 5(1 )(a)       the telefacsimile was received by the said Office.
or (2)(a), the Office shall promptly invite the applicant to comply
with such requirements within a time limit indicated in the
invitation, which time limit shall be at least one month from the
date of the invitation where the applicant's address is on the
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                                                                                41
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                [ Rule 7(1), continued J
                                   Rule 6                                      (iii) a reproduction of the mark, accompanied by an indication
                                                                           of the date on which, to the best knowledge of the applicant or the
                      Details Concerning the Signature                     representative, the application was received by the Office and an
                                                                           identification number given to the application by the applicant or
       (1) [Legal Entities] Where a communication is signed on             the representative.
   behalf of a legal entity, any Contracting Party may require that the
   signature, or the seal, of the natural person who signs or whose seal      (2) [ Prohibition of Other Requirements ] No Contracting Party
   \s uved be au-Ornpanied by an indication in letters of the family or   may demand that requirements other than those referred to in
   principal name and the given or secondary- name or names of that       paragraph (1) be complied with in order for an application to be
   person or, at the option of that person, of the name or names          identified where its application number has not yet been issued or is
   customarily used by the said person.                                   not known to the applicant or his representative.
       (2) t Communication by Telefacsimile ] The period referred to
   in Article S(2)(b) shall not be less than one month from the date of
   the receipt of a transmittal by telefacsimile.                                                          Rule 8
                                                                                Details Concerning Duration and Renewal
       (3) [ Date J Any Contracting Party may require that a
   signature or seal be accompanied by an indication of the date on           For the purposes of Article I3(l)rv;, the period during which
   which the signing or sealing was effected. Where that indication is    the request for renewal may be presented and the renewal fee may
   required but is not supplied, the date on which the signing or         be paid shall start at least six months before the date on which the
   sealing is deemed to have been effected shall be the date on which     renewal is due and shall end at the earliest six months after that
   the communication bearing the signature or seal was received by        date. If the request for renewal is presented and/Or the renewal fees
   the Office or, if the Contracting Party so allows, a date earlier than are paid after the date on which the renewal is due, any Contracting
   the latter date.                                                       Party may subject the renewal to the payment of a surcharge.
pa
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                                    Rule 7
                 Manner of Identification of an Application
                       Without Its Application Number
       (1) I Manner of Identification ] Where it is required that an
   application be identified by its application number but where such
   a number has not yet been issued or^s not known to the applicant
   or his representative, that application shall be considered identified
   if the following is supplied:
         (i) the provisional application number, if any, given by the
   Office, or
        (ii) a copy of the application, or
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                                      MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* I
    £                        APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A MARK
                                                                                2.1   I » the appllcaat l a a aataral persea. the persea'a
                                                                                (a)      f a a l l y ar p r i a c l p e l aaaai*
                                        w b a i t l a d M llw Office a /
                                                                                (a)     givea ar aeceadary a a a a ( * ) t °
                                                                                2.2   II taa appllcaat l a a legal e e t i t y . taa e e t i t y ' *
                                                                                ( a i l e f f i c i e l deaigaatleei
                                                                f a r o r t i c a aaa ealy                       2.1   addreaa (ieclediag f a a t a l cada aaa cewatry)i
                                                                                Telopheee laaii(i)i                                 T e l e f e c a l a l l e a—har(«)i
                                                                                (with the araa cada)                                (with taa araa eoo»)
                                          •efereace            ar a( aaalicaati*
                                                                                2.«   Stata a( aatiaaalltri
                                          •efereace            •r a( represeatatlvet*
                                                                                Stata a( doaicllei
                                                                                Stata af eetebllab>a>ati°*
                                                                                2.S   Mhara tha aaalicaat l a a legal e a t l t y . iadicata
                                                                                - taa legel aatara ar ta* legal eatltyi
           1.     Rcojacst for RagMlration                                                                             - taa Stata, aad. where applicable, taa tarritarlal «ait withie
                                                                                that Stata, eader tha law al «hick tha legal eetity i» orgaaised:
                  •eglstratlee »t tha e»rk repredeced ia tha praaaat applicatiea 1* hereby
                  regeeated.                                                                                2.e    |      | Chack thia ht» il thar a ia met* thaa aaa appllcaat* i« that
                                                                                caaa. liât thaa aa «a eddltieaal ahaat aad Iadicata, ia
                                                                                respect ar aach ar thaa. tha data rararrad ta ia itea* 2.1
                                                                                ar 1.2. 2.1. 2.4 aad 2.S.***
                                                                                *      Tha eaae* ta ha ladicatad aadar (a) aad (b) ara aithar tha («11 a
                                                                                tha applicaat ar tha aaaas caataaarily aaad by tha appllcaat.
                 Tha rararaaca avatar allât tad ay tha appllcaat aad/ar tha rataraaca                   M
         a a a » allattad by tha repreeeatatlve ta tha pressât applicatiea e»y ha                               "Catabliabawat" aaaa* a raal aad elective ladaatrlal ar caaavrci
          ladicatad ia thia apace.                                                                      aatahlishaaat.
                                                                                *** Mhara aavaral applicaat* ara li*tad aa tha additiaaal «haat with
                                                                                dirraraat addra**** aad thara i* ao represeatative. th* addra** tor
                                                                                carraapaadaaca am*t b* aadarliaad aa tha additiaaal ahaat.
                                                                                fera h- i. pao. 4
                 Repreacautivt
                                                                                S.   CUiaing of Priority
                 »•>   l~l      Tha appllc
                                                                                I     I Taa appllcaat bar «by claiae tha felloviag priarltyi
                 1.2   |__| Tha appllcaat 1* rapraaaatad.
                                                                                5.1 Coaatry (Office) ar firat flliagi*
                       1.2.1 Ideatlflcatloa ar tha rapraaaatativa
                               1.2.1.1 aeaas                                                                            5.2 Oata ar flr«t flliagi
                               1.2.1.2 Adarai» (ieclediag peata! coda aad coaatry)i                                    S.l      Application                     ar rirst filing (ir available)!
                                                                                S.4 The certified copy or the applicatioa the priority or which
                                                                                is claieed"
                                 •ta taa araa cada)                        <Mith t h # ,  w co-#)                              4.4.1         |   | 1* attached.
                                                                                5.4.2         |   | will be r»rai*hed «lthis three aoath* fro» the
                      1.2.2    |    | Tha posar ar attaraay i* alraady la tha poaa***ioa ar                                                           filiag data ef the pressât applicatiea.
                                      tha Orfica. Sarial auabar                           *
                                                                                S.S Tha traaslatlaa of tha certiried copy
                     1.2.1    |    | Tha power ar attaraay ia attachad.                                                        5.5.1 | ~ l »» attachad.                                                        *
                     1.1.4    |__| Tha posar ar attaraay «ill he reralabed at a                                                5.5.2        | ~ | «ill be raralahed vlthia three aoath* (rea tha
                                      later data.
                                                                                filiag data or the prcaeat applicatioa.
                     '•»•*    I    I «a power
                                         power or attaraay i* aaedad.
                                                                                S.S      iZZl        Chack thi* boa if there 1* aera thaa oae filiae whoa*
                                                                                prierity 1* clalaed; ia that casa, liât thaa la aa
                                                                                additioaal «beet aad iadicata. ia respect of each ef
        «•     AtVfcea for Service*                                                                                thaa. tba iaferaatiea referred to ia iteau S.l,
                                                                                S.2. S.l. S.4 aad S.S aad tha food* aad/ar lervice*
                                                                                «watiaaed ia each ar thaa.
      "        Te be left bleak if tha power ar attaraay has eat, or ha* aet yet, beea                *     lOvar* the applicatioa the priority of vbich 1* cUlaed «aa riled «ltb aa
     allattad a aerial awaber ar if the aerial awaber 1* aet yet kaewa ta the                        Ortica other thaa a aational Office (e.g., OAFI. the leaelez Tredeaark Office
     appllcaat ar tha rapraaaatativa.                                                                aad the Office for Raraoeisstioa ia the Iateraal Market (trade «arks aad
4».                                                                                deslgea). the aaaa of that Office be* to be ladicatad iaataad of the aaae or a
Ui   **       aa addra** (ar service aaet he ladicatad ia the apace available aadar                  coaatry. Otherwise, aet the aaaa of the Of rice but the aaae or the coaatry
     the title ef itea 4 «hare the appllcaat doe* aat have ar. ir there ia acre •                    swat be iadicated.
     thaa oae appllcaat. «here aaae ar tha appllcaat* ha* a doaiclle ar a raal aad
     effective ladaitrlal or ceaaaercial eatahllehaoat ea the territory of the                       **     'Certified copy" aaaa* a copy or tha application the priority of which
     Coatractiaa Party «has* Office ia the Office aaaed ea the firat peg* ef the                     ia claiaed, certified as bei eg ia coeforaity «itb the original by tha Office
     preaeat applicatiea. eacept «here a represeatative ia ladicatad la itea 1.                      which received *ach applicatioa.
                                                                                e6
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                                                                                fora *)• 1. page •
       «.   «4«s*lralJaa«tsaltaC*a«atrr'0f^
* •
                                                                                ••>    I   I The appllcaat wlahea that tha Office register aad pa*Jis*
O                                                                                the aark la tha etaaderd character* asad by It.*
             I    I Tha certlflcnteU) ef regiatratloa is tha coaatry (Ofrisa)
                     or erigie Is fare) attachad.                                                *•'    l-_l   Caler Is clslaed aa a dlstlsctlva featare ar the «ark.
                                                                                • .2.1   beaoU) or the coler(s) clslasdt
            lYotoction Rssuftiag Ftg*B Disvia* la an EsWbiiiasi                                        S.2.2   Principal part* *( the aark which are ia that (these)
                                                                                celor(*)i
             I   I Check this has If tha appllcaat wishes to take advantage of
                     aay pretectioa reaaltiag froa the display of goads aad/ar                   •.1    |   | The aera is three-dlaaaaioaal.
                     services la «a exhibition. Ia that case, give the detaila
                     aa aa additiaaal sheet.
                                                                                I     I ... M    dirrereat views ef the aark are etteched.
                                                                                , ••«    ...***    r*preductloa<a) of tha aark la black aad white 1* (are)
            Rcpcoductasn of tt*t Mark                                                                            attached.
                                             H a i l   an)                                       ••i    ...***   reproduction s) or the aark la color Is (are)
                                                                                attached.
                                                                                9.   Transliteration of the Mart
                                                                                The aark ar part ef tha aark 1* tread iterated as follow*!
                                                                                10.    Translation of the Mark
                                                                                The aark or part of the aark is treacleted a* follova!
                                                                                Such a wish cannot be «pressed ia respect of aark* which coataia or
                                                                                constat of figurative eleaeat*. If. ia tba opinion of the Office, they do
                                                                                coataia aacb eleaeat*. the Office will igeerò the with of the epplicaat aad
                                                                                will regiater aad publiait the aark a* appeariag ia the square.
            To be filled ia where the applicant wishes to laraish evidence aader
      article Sowleealns •(!) ef the raris Convention when filiag the applicatioa.        **     If several différent views ef the aark are eot lacladed ia the square
                                                                                provided ia itea • hat ar* attached, check this bo* sad iadicata the awaber of
                                                                                those dirrereat view*.
                                                                                ***    Indicete the number of reproduction* 1* black aad white and/or color. .
                                                                                fora •* I. page •
      II.  Goods and/or Service*                                                          14.  Segnature ar Seal
           aaae* af the goods aad/er servicesi*                                                14.1    Sene af the antera! person who aiqaa.or whose seal 1* «sedi
           |     | Check this baa If the space ebove le aet sufficienti ia                     14.2    Cheek the appropriete boa according to whether the alesature I s
                    eaaa, give the aaaa* of the good* aad/or services oa aa                            given, or the seal is,used, by or ea behalf of the
                    additional sheet.
                                                                                14.2.1    |    |   epplicaat.
      12.  Declaration Csseccnwaf, Intention to Use or Actual Use: Evidence of                         14.2.2' |__|      represeatative.
           Actual Use
                                                                                14.1   Date of signature or of sealing!
           12.1    | _ |  Check t h i s bo* i f s declaration i s attached.
                                                                                14.4   Sigaature or seal:
            12.2   iZZZl   Check t h i s ho* i f evidence ef ecteal ass I s attachad.
                                                                                15.   FeeU)
       13.  Rcqutreacnts Relating to Languages
                                                                                1S.1   Currency aad aaount(l) or the fae(*) paid ie connection with the
                                                                                preaaat applicatiea!
            |_|     Check this boa if sa attachée at ia eacloeed la arder te
                    coaply with any laageege requirement applicable with respect to
                    the Orrice.ee                                                               IS.2 Method of payment!
                                                                                16.  Additional Sheets aad AttaduncnU
     *      where the goods sad/or services belong to aera thaa aaa class of the
     •tea Classification, they "".at be grouped according to the classes of that                |     | Check this boa if additional sheets aad/or attachments ar*
     Classification. Tha awaber or each class aust be ladicatad aad the geode                            enclosed aad iadicata the tetal number of such sheets aad/or
     aad/ar services belonging to the sane class aa*t ha grouped (etlowiag the                           attachasatsi
     ladlcetioa ef tha aeaber of that claaa. Iach groap of goods or services aast
    . be preseated ia the order of the cleeeee of thettlcaCleuiricatloa. «here
     all tha good* or services belong M ana claee of Che Mice Clsoaificatioa. the
     aeaber or that claas swat he ladiaatsd.
     **     This bos is not to be used if the Office doss not ndnit nor* than one
•th
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                                           POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                  for procedures before I h * Office o f .                            4.   AapUcatsanta) aad/or Rcejstratncss) Concerned
                                                                                This power of etteraey ceaceraai
                                                                                4.1 , |    | all ealstiag aad fetore applications aad/er registrations of
                                                          ror Office ass eely                                            the persee Baking the appolatasnt. subject to say aaceptioe
                                                                                Indicated aa aa additiaaal sheet.
                                                                                4.2    |    | the fol loving application^) end/or regiatrstlon(s) i
                                        •eforeece aeaber or parses
                                        aaklag the appoiatnsati*
                                                                                4.2.1  tha applicatioa(a) concerning the followiag a*rk(s)i*
                Appoint sient
                The veeerslgeed hereby appaiata a* hi* rapresoetetive the para                                    4.2.2  tba applic.tio.ts) having the followiag application
                ideatif ied ia Item 1. below.                                                                            a«aaer(*)** a* well a* aay regi*tratlea(*) resultiag
                                                                                therefroat
       2.       Nasse of the Person Making the Ap^ontlsMOt**
                                                                                4.2.1  the regiatratiee(s) having tha relieving registration
                                                                                aunber(s)i
       3.       Representative
                1.1     «aaei
                                                                                4.2.4  1   | ir the apace* wader 4.2.1. 4.2.2 or 4.2.1 are not
                1.2     Address (iacludiag posts! code aad country)!                                                             •efficient, check this bea eed previde the
                                                                                laferaatioa ea aa additional sheet.
                        Telephone naaber(s)i                   Telefecsinlle nember(*)i
                         (with the eroe code)                  (with the aree code)
                                                                                Complete thi* item If the power or attaraay is filed with the Office
      *          The reference uweber allotted by the penna making the sppoialaeel to                together with the appilention(s).
      this power ef attorney aey be iadiceted le this spare.
                                                                                **     attere the epplicetloe number ef ee epplicetien has not yet been issued
      **         If the peraee aekleg the oppoiataeat la tba epplicaat 1er oae ef the                or is aot kaowa ta the applicant or hi* representative, that application aay
      applicants), the nam. to be iadlcated I* that af that appllcaat. aa Iadiceted                  be idaatiflad by («raiahiag altheri (i) the provisional application awaber.
      ie the epplicetiee(a) to which this power relates. If the **id peraee 1* the                   If aay. givee by the orfico, or (11) a copy or the appiiretion. oc (lit) e
      »-.l».f (et one ef the holders), the name te he iadlcated la that ef that                      reproduction ef the aark, accano an ted by aa iadlcatien of the dete ee which,
      k..lA.t. aa • »•»!*>* la the register ef marks. If the sold persea ia aa                       to the bast kaewledge af the appllcaat ar hi* represeotatlve, the applicatiea
      .»••••••••• |~...... uik,i (âne en epplireat or ho I Art. the name to be Iadiceted             was received by tba Office aad ae ideetificetiee number given to the
      • • ••.. u n ^«~» .-» ai.» i-*.»..» ~i tiv » —            m u m i i l f used by that person. . appi icat lee by the appllcaat ar hi* represseteli ve.
              Scope of the Power of Attorney
                              E ~ £ 3 s^r:—« •• - «.s.rr.t...,.
                      *•»•>   I    I withdrew.! . f the appllcatiea(s)
              ,       S.l.2   |    | serrande* or the reglstrstioa(s)
             **      I_l     Cheek this b*. », t k # ,apr....t.tl.. «*.. - t bava the rlah.
                             « ~ .r^inar^t'tn.-" '""" -" —^" -
                             power. . r * t t " ^ . . ^ . ^ *""                            «-
                                                                                ^
    •       Signature or Seal
            • •I    «am* ar the aatural perse, who signs ar wheaa seel 1 * «sedi
           • .2     Data e ( sigsature ar o ( aeallagi
          ••1       Signature or aaali
   7.     AdVhtional Shoots and A t t a c t a m u
          I       I  Check
                     ~.-2'^^'i-jjr2i.r.r^rr^
                     caciai
                     attacha*at*i
so
                                                                                \j    Z*%
 ---pagebreak---                            MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* 3                                                               rem «• 1, page 2
                     REQUEST FOR THE RECORDAL OF CHANGES)
                               IN NAME») OR ADDRESSES)
                                                                                Holder's) and/or Aaolicaattt)
                             in respect of rtguustionU) and/or
                          appUcationCt) for registration of aartM                           1.1   If the holder aad/er appllcaat 1* a aatural peraea.
                            •ubaiitted to the Office of .                                         (a)   faally or principal aaaei*
                                                                                (b) given or seceedary nane(s)t*
                                                 for Office us* oaly                        1.2   ir the holder and/or appllcaat it a legal entity,
                                                                                (all orride! desigaatlaai
                                                                                1.1   Addres* (including postal code and country)!
                                •efereace number or bolder
                                aad/or appllcaati*
                                Boference aumber of repre***t*tivei«                              Téléphona aunber(*)i                 Telefacsimile aumber(s)i
                                                                                (with the area coda)                 (with tha area code)
       Request for Recordal                                                                 1.4    |   | Check this bo* if there ia mors thaa ne holder and/or
                                                                                applicanti ia that case, lilt then an aa additioaal sheet
       The recordal ef the chaaget*) ladicatad la the preaeat request ia hereby                           aad iadicata. ia reapect or each or thi a>. the data re re trod
       requested.                                                                                to la itea* 1.1 or 1.2 aad 1.1.
       Registrationtt) and/or Ara*3catior<s» Concerned                                 4.   Represenutive
       The praseet reqeeat ceeceras the fo)loving registration^) aad/or                     4.1 Manet
       applicatioe(*)t
        2.1   Bagl*tratloa       berUii                                                     4.2   Address (including postal code and country)<
        2.2   Applicatiea •      er(s)«"
        2.1   |_|      If the spaces under 2.1 or 2.2 are aet sufficient, check                   Téléphone nuaber(a)!                 Telefacsimile auaber<*)i
                      this boa aad provide the iaferstatlea on aa additioaal sheet.                (with the araa code)                (with tha area code)
                                                                                4.1   Serial number or the power of attorney!
        The refereace awaber allattad by the holder aad/or epplicaat and/or the
reference aumber allattad by the repreaaatative to the present reguest aay be
iadlcated ia this «pace.                                                               S.    Address for Service
**      Where the appilentIon number of an applicatioa has not yet been issued
ar is aet known to the appllcaat or bla representative, that applicatioa aa;
be identified by raraiahiag eitheri (i) the provisional applicatiea aunhei
If eey. given by the Office, or (il) a copy of the eppllcetioa. or (ili)                     Tha names to he ladicatad under (a) sad (b) are those which were
repredvetloe of the merk. accompanied by aa Indication ef the'date ea which,          iadlcated ia tha appllcatloa(a), or are recorded la respect or tha
«e «he beat knowledge ef the applicant or bla representative, the oppi lesti          rogi*tratloa(a). to which the present request relates.
wen receive* l.y «be Office end ea identification number given to the
e,.|-11 • »« I MM «*y «He n|*|.llren« ea hfta represents!ivr.                         •*     To be left bleak If the power of attorney has aet. ar has aet yet. been
                                                                                elletted e aerial auaber or ir the aeriel awaber is aet yet known to the
                                                                                holder eed'or applicant or the represeatative.
                                     Perm M* 1. page J                                                                form H* 1. page 4
       Iraftcation of the Oiaoccfs)                                                        Fee
        «.I fiata to be cbaagedi
                                                                                S.l   Curreacy aad amount of the fee paid in connection with the premat
                                                                                request for the recordal of changed)!
                                                                                S.2   Method of payment!
              Data a* changedi*                                                            Additional Sheets and Attaduacata
                                                                                _| Check this boa if additioaal sheets aad/or attachments are
                                                                                eeclosed aad iadicata the totel aumber or such sheets aad/or
                                                                                attachments!
       • •1    I   I Check this bo* If the above apace is insufficient; la that
                      caaa. iadicata aa aa additioaal sheet the data to he changed
                      with the data as changed.
 7.    Signature or Seal
       1.1    "ama al tha natural paraoa who signs or who** ssal is aaadi
       7.1    Check tha appropriate bo* according to whether the signature is
             glvea. or tha aael 1* used, by or ea behalf af tha
               T.l.l |     | holder aad/er applieaat.
               7.2.2 |     | represeatative.
       7.1    Data of signatura or of sealing!
       7.4    Signatura or soali
       Indicate tha        •(•) aad/or address(os) a* changed.
                                                                                £9
 ---pagebreak---                           MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* 4                                                                                form H* 4 . pege 2
                     REQUEST FOR THE RECORDAL OF A CHANCE
                                           IN OWNERSHIP                                                       3.  Goods and/or Services Affected by the Chance
                              at respect of regktrstionis) and/or                                                  1»     Cl    Check thl* bo* where all the good» aad/er services listed la
                          applicationts) for registration of assit*                                                             the nppllcatlea(s) aad/er reglstrstiea(s) referred to la
                                                                                itoa 2 ara arretted by the ehssee.
                             •ubaitted to the Office o f .
                                                                                ..» I~l      Check this bo* where Itoa 2 aeatleae ealy aaa applicatioa ar
                                                                                registration and where aaly some or the goods aad/er
                                                          ror o r r i c e «se aaly                                              sarvicas listed la that applicatioa ar registretlea ere
                                                                                effected by tha change aad iadicata the goods ead/ar
                                                                                services that ahoald appear la tba applicatiea ar
                                                                                regiatratioa of tha new owner (la which caae tha goods
                                                                                aad/or services aet iadiceted will ramala ia tha applicatiee
                                                                                or regiatratioa af the appllcaat or holder)!
                                •erereeca aaabar ar holder
                                aad/er appiicaat«•
                                ae(ereece awnber ar representative)!*
       Ragucst for RecauvJeJ
       The recordal af tha                              ershlp ladicatad la tha preaeat reguest
       ia hereby requested.
                                                                                Ï.»   1 — 1 Check this boa where itoa 2 aentloe* aere than one
                                                                                applicatiea ar registretlea and ir in respect ar at least
       Regtftration(s) aad/or Arn>licstion(i) Corscerned                                                                        aaa ef then the cheage afreets less thaa all the goods
                                                                                aad/or services listed. Ia this case, iadicata oa aa
       Tha preaant requeat ceaceraa the followleg reglstratioa(a) aad/er                                                        additioaal sheet, separately la respect or each applicatioa
       applicatlea(s)i                                                                                aad/or registrstlea. whether the change effects ell the
                                                                                goods aad/or services or ealy some of them. In respect or
       2.1   Seglatratlee         boriali                                                                                aay applicatiea or registrstlea where only some or the goods
                                                                                aad/or sarvicoa ara effected by the cheage. make the
       ,1.2 Applicatiee a         ardii"                                                                                indication la tha way «pecifled ia item 1.2.
       2.1    |_|     If the «pace* under 2.1 or 2.2 era not sufficieet. check
                      this has aad previde the lefornetloe ea aa additioaal she
*       The rorerenco euaber allotted by the holder aad/er appllcaat aad/er the
rerereece Banner el lotted by the represeststlvo to the pressât request nay be
iadiceted ia thl* «pace.
**     where the epplicetiee neaher or aa applicatiea has set yet beee tasasd
er is aet known to the applies**, ar hi* repreeeatetive. that applicatiea any
be ideetlfled by furnishing either! (i) the provisleaal applicatiea number.
II eey. given by the Office, or (ii) e copy ef the epplicetlon. or (ili) n
«e(.aa*ter« •«« et «he mark, errampeeied by ee iadicetloe ef the dote en which.
«M «H» IM.S« h w n U e m wf «he eppllreet or bla representetlve. the epplicetiee
wna •••••wee a^ an* nrra.e •»* en !*»«« If «ret aee nuwaipr given «e the
                                         rem. a* 4. page J
                                                                                Para «• 4. page 4
        Basis for the Ctasags in Onnerahif
                                                                                HoMerfi) and/or Applicantit)
        4-1    I   I  The ohsags I n ownership results from e contrect.
                                                                                S.l   If the holder aad/er appllcaat Is a aataral person, the pereea's
              One or the (allowing docaaaat* I s eacle*edi
                                                                                (a)  family ar prlaclpal nam*!*
              «••••    I   1 a copy, c e r t l r i e d es being i n costeraity with the
                                                                                (b) give* or secondary aaaw(*)t*
                            - e r l g i e e l . ef the contract.
              *•>•*    I   I    nn e a t r a c t . c e r t i f i e d as belag a trae e s t r a c t . af tha         S.l  If the holder aad/or appllcaat la a legal aatlty. the eetity-*
                                                                                fall official deslgaatieei                                     '
                                contract.
              4.1.1    |   |    a c e r t i f i c a t e of t r a a s r e r .
                                                                                S.l  Addreas (Including postal code aad country)i
              4.1.4    |   |    a traasrer dacsweat.
                                                                                Telephone aua>ber(s>i                  Telofecalail* aw*
        4-1   I    | The cksag* la ownership reaalt* froa a aerger.
                                                                                (with the aree code)                    (with area code)
                     A copy, certlried a* being in conformity with the origiaal.
                     of the following documeat, evldeaclag the aerger, is enclosed!                                                                                l
                                                                                *-4   |    | Chock thl* boa if there 1* more thaa oae holder end/or
              4.1.1    l__l    astract frem the roglator of commerce.                                                            applicant effected by the change, in that case, list them
                                                                                en aa additioaal sheet and indiente, in respect of eech ef
             ••«•*    I    I nther documeat erigiaatlag rroa tan competent                                                       thaa. the data referred to la item* s.l or S.2 and S.l. •
                               authority.
                                                                                *•*   I    I Check thl* boa ir the holder aad/or applicant, or oae or the
       *•>    I    1 *hs rhaaga ia ownership does not result (rea a coatract ar a                                               holder* and/ar applicants, has changed aanes aad/er
                     aerger.                                                                                addraasss without requesting the race reel or that change.
                                                                                and caciose a document evidencing that the peraoa-having
                                                                                transferred tha ownership aad the holder aad/er appllcaat
             «•LI     I   I A copy. certKied as being 1* ceefermtty «ith the
                                                                                *ra the seme persan.
                               original, ef a decameat evidencing the change is
                               nnclasod.
                                                                                Representative of the Holder and/or ApfUcaM
                                                                                0.1  Manei
                                                                                S.2  Ad.liess (including p e d a l cade end country)•
                                                                                Telephone sontir(s)i                   Telefacsimile aumber<s)i
                                                                                {with the orse code)                   (with the area coda)
                                                                                4.1 aerial         sr of the power ar attereeyi*
                                                                                The aanes ta ha iadlcated «ader (a) and (b> ar* those which were
                                                                                ladicatad la the appllcatlea(s). or are recorded la respect of the
                                                                                registratlaa(s). ta which tha preaeat request relates.
                                                                                T» •* »•(*- bleak ir the power or.attorney has not, nr has not yet.
                                                                                alletto* a ssrlal aeaber ar ir tha aerial aumber 1* aet yet known to the
                                                                                holder and/or applicant or the represeatative.
                                                                                3o
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                f o r a • • 4 . sags •
                                                        Pera «• 4. page S
           Address for Service of the Holder aad/or Applicant                                              ».   Roariaialalivc of tha New Q*»acr
                                                                                g.l   |~l     *h* new awaar ta aet repreeeeted.
 t.        NevOemcrfs)                                                                                g.2   |3H|    Thn new ewaer le repreeeeted.
           S.l        If the aew owner i s a aeturel person, the parson's                                             •.2.I   Ideetlticatlea of the represeatative
                      (s)      faaily ar priacipel usasi*                                                                     •.2.1.1    nemal
                      (b) glean nr secondary nam*(*)i*
                                                                                t.2.1.2    Address (lacladiag postal code aad country)!
           S.2        If the aew owner Is a legal aatity. the eatity'e
                      (all official desigaatloai
                                                                                Telephone aumber(e)i                 Talefacalnil* aunbsr(s)i
                                                                                (with the eroe cads)                 (with the sres code)
           S.l        Address (including postal coda aad country)•
                                                                                4-1.1    |   | The power of attaraay is already ia the possession of
                      Telephone *umblt(»)l                                       Talefacdnil* nanhsr(s)i                              the Office. Serial aunber                *
                      (with the orno ends)                                       (with the area code)
                                                                                •.1.1    |   | Tha power *( attorney is attached.
            S.4       Stata ar aatloaalityi
                                                                                5.2.4    iZZl   *•* power ef attorney will be furnished at a
                      State of doaicilo!                                                                                later date.
                       State of establishment!**                                                                      5.2.5    |   | a» power of attorney la needed.
             S.S       Where the now owner is a lagel entity, indicete
                                                                                10.  Address for Service of the New Owner*
                       -     the legal aature of the legel eatityi
                       -     tha Stata, aad, where applicable, the territorial unit within
                             that Stata, andar tha law ef which the legal aatity .la ergaalsedi
             S.S       |      | Check this bos ir there is nor* than one new owner, in that
                                   case, list than on an additioaal sheet aad Iadicata. ia                       To be left blank if the p         r of attaraay has not. or has aot yet. beea
                                   respect or each or then, the dots referred to ia Itnaa S.l             allotted a «arid aunber or i(             seri*! aunber is aot yet known to the aew
                                   or S.2, S.l. S.4 aad S.S.***                                           owner ar the represeatative.
                                                                                **     An addreaa (or ssrvice must be iadlcated ia the space ava»labia under
*           The'enee a to be indicated uader (a) and (b) nra either tha rail naaea or                     tha title of itea 10 where the new owner doe* not hove or. it there is aere
tha aew owner or the nanna easterner!ly asad by tba new owner.                                            thaa one new owner, where none of the aew owners has a domicile or a real aad
                                                                                effective Industrial or commercial establishment oa the territary of the
**           -Setabllahmeet- aeeaa a reel ead effective iadustrial or conaarcinl                          .Contracting Party whose Office ia the Office aaned oa the first page ef the
establlthneat.                                                                                presoat request, except where e representative is indicated ia itea t.
***         Where severe! eev owner s ere listed oe the eddltioeal (hoot with
Uiffeaeea nddaesses uud «here is eat representative, the eddress for
i ' H t t a a | w M l r M - , «M.J.1   l«a* waaalf.a I aua>d <»n l ha. iwttltl i u i w l oHee« .
                                                        rara a* 4. page 7
 II.       Signature or Seal
            11.1        «san or the nataral persan who signs or whoso s s d is eaedi
            11.2        Check the appropriate boa accardiag to whether the signature is
                        gives, or the seal Is used, by or oa behair or the
                      11.2.1         |_|        holder nnd/or appllcaat.
                      11.2.2         |      | new owner.
                       II. 2.1       |~l         repreeeatetlve.
            11.1        Data or signature or of seeling:
            11.4        Signature or aaali
12.        Fc«
            12.1        Cerreacy and anoeat of tha fee poid la connectiee with tha
                        prasest rogaast .for the recordel or a cheage la ewasrshlpi.
            12.2 Method or payaeatl
13.        AnVBtithial Sheet* and Attach»cots
            | _ | ' Cheek thl* ben 1( additioaal «beets aad/or attaehnaata are
                          enclosed and Indicate the total number ol such sbasta aad/er
                          sttachneetai
                                                                                31
 ---pagebreak---                          MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* S                                                                  Tara • * S. paga 2
                              CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
                                                                                Goods sad/or Services Affected by the Transfer
                            in respect of registration^ and/or
                         application!!) for registration of asarks                          i.i    \-ll   Chock this bos where all the goods aad/er service* listed in
                                                                                the applicatien(s) aad/or reglstrstion(s) referred to ia
                           submitted to the Office o f .                                                  item 2 have been effected by the traasfsr.
                                                                                1.2   |   | Check this bo* where Itea 2 mentions ealy oae applicatioa or
                                                                                registretioe aad where ealy «oae of the goods aad/or
                                                Per Office use only                                       services listed la that applicatioa ar registrstlea have
                                                                                boea effected by the traaafer aad iadicata tba goods aad/or
                                                                                services that have been er fee ted by the traasfari
       The eaderdgeed traasfererU) aad traasferee(s) hereby certify that tha
       ownership of the rogistrntion(s) sad/or applications) ideetified below
       ha* boea transferred by coot reel.
                                                                                1.1   |    | Check this bo* where itea 1 aeatioaa more thaa eae
                                                                                epplicetiee ar regiatratioa aad if ia respect or et leest
                                                                                one el then the traasrer has effected less then all the
       Rctjslrationfs) aad/or Application^) Coraccrned                                                    good* aad/or services listed. le this ceso, iedicate ea ae
                                                                                additioaal sheet, separately le respect ef eech eppllcetioa
       The preaeat certificata concerns the treeafer ef the followiag                                     aad/or registrstioe. whether the traaafer affected ell the
       registretloa(s) aad/er applicatioa(s)t                                                             goods aad/er services or ealy aaa* af then, le respect of
                                                                                aay applicatiee er regiatratiaa «tiere ealy sono of the goods
       2.1   aegiittetiea        sr(s(i                                                                   and/or services were affected by the traaafer. ask* t h e
                                                                                indicstles in the wey specified in itea 1.2.
       2.2   Application n       r(*)i*
       2.1   |_|     If the space* uader 2.1 er 2.2 are ant sufficient, check
                     thl* boa sad provide the iaforaetloe on en additlose 1 sheet.
*      «siero the applicatioa aumber el aa applicatioa ha* aot yet been issued
or Is aet known to tha transferer or hi* represeetattve. that applicatioa aay
be Ideetlfled by raraiahiag altheri (i) the provisieeel applicatioa aunber.
 ir aay. givea by the OKice. or (11) a copy or the application, or (Ili) n
 reproductiee or the aark. acceapeeiod by aa iadicatloe of the date oa which,
to the beat knowledge or the treesteror or hi* represent ut ivo. the applicatiea
was received by the Office aad aa identification eunber givea ta the
 appliratioo by the treasferor er his representedve.
                                     form a* S. page 1
                                                                                Form »• s. page 4
  4.   Traslatori»)
                                                                                S.   Transfèrent*)
        4.1   If the traaeferor is a eetarel persea. tha paraea'a
                                                                                S.l   if the transférée is a aatural person, the person's
              (a)  really er principal unmet*
                                                                                (a)   really ar prlacipal aaaai*
              (b) givea ar secondary aan*(*)t*
                                                                                (b) givea ar secondary aam*(s)i*
       4.1   ir the traaaferer is s legel eetity. the eatity'a
             (all official deaigaatiou!                                                     S.I   If the treasfaree is a legal aatity. the entity'
                                                                                lull officisi desigeetloe:
       4.1   Address (including postal cede aad couatrylt
                                                                                S.l  Address (including poetai code aad country)!
                                                                                Telephone number(s):                      Telefecsiaile number(s)i
             Telephone eunber(s)i                      Telefecslalle auaber(s)!                  (with the area code)                      (vitb the eroe code)
             (with the area cods)                      (with araa code)
                 J   Check thia   bos If there la store than one treeaferorj ia
                                                                                *•*   I    I Check this   bos if there is «or* then one treeaferee; ie
                     that eaae.   H a t then ee a* additioaal sheet and indicate, la
                     respect ef   each ar them, the dote referred to in iteas 4.1                         that case.  list then on aa additioaal sheet ead iadicata. ia
                    or 4.2 aad    4.1.                                                                    respect of eech of then, the date referred to la Items S.l
                                                                                or S.2 an.1  S.l.
      The aanes to bo iadlcated under (a) aad (h) ara these which were
indicated la the epplicattee(a). ar are recorded ia respect ef the
regletratiea(s). to which the present certificate rolataa.                                 The nane* ta be iadiceted under (a) aad (h) ar* either the full
                                                                                the traasfsree er the aanes customarily used by the trsnsferee.
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            S.l      Sigjnatnrs(a) or i n a l a l e ) n ( the traaarerer(a)
t                    S.I.I          sanala) n ( tao untumi persea(s) who elge(e) ar
                                    snails) i s «are) aaadt
                     S.l.2          Bete or signntnxnls) ar e ( e e d i a g ( a ) i
                     4.1.1 Signature!*) or s*el(s)i
            S.l      Sigaature(e) ar aeal(s) o( tha traa*f*r**(*)
                      4.2.1         «uveale) nf the nntural per*oa(() who sigs(a) nr
                                    seel(s) is loro) «sedi
                       S.2.2        Dote of sagantare(s) or or a**ling(a)i
                       4.2.1         Slgaatere(s) or s*a)(*)i
        7.   Actional Sheett and AttachascnU
             |        I    Check t h l * ban I f additioaal sheet* ssd/nr nttnchnant* are
                           enclosed sad Indiente the t o t a l number of such «beets aad/er
                           attachments!
                                            MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* «                                                                   fora M* 4. page 2
                                                    TRANSFER DOCUMENT
                                                                                Goods and/or Services Affe d e d (rv the Transfer
                                               in respect of Kgutrationti) and/or
                                            application^) for regiitration of aisrks                  1.1  I   P C h e c k t h i s ben «bare a l l the good* and/or services l i s t e d i s
                                                                                the appllcatioa(s) aad/or roglatratloa(a) referred to i a
                                              subaittod to the Office o f .                                         lena 2 ara affected by the t r a a a ( a r .
                                                                                1.1  I   |    Check t h i s bos «hero item 2 aeations only one applicatioa or
                                                                                r e g i a t r a t i o a aad where oaly some of the goods aad/or
                                                                          Per Office use only                       s e r v i e * * l i s t e d l a that application or registratios are
                                                                                . « ( ( a c t e d by the transfer aad iadicata the goods aad/er ,
                                                                                sarvicas thnt a r * affected by the transfer!
              Déclaratif» of Traiktfer                                                        < •
              The undersigned trsasCeror(s) transfers ( t r a a s f s r ) to t h * undersigned
              traesreree(s) the ownership or the registration)a) aad/or applicetioe(e)
              i d e a t K i e d below.
                                                                                1.1  |   | Check this bos arbore item 2 mentions store than on*
                                                                                spplicstioa or registration aad if la respect of st lesst
              Rcgpstratssnts) aad/or A|»?Ucation(>) Concerned                                                       ens «( then the treesfer effects less then all tha goods
                                                                                and/or services listed. Ia this casa, iadicata oa aa
             Tha prnaaat doewnent concerns tba traasfsr of the (ollowing                                            additioaal sheet, separately in reapeet of each applicatioa
              r e g l s t r a t i o a ( a ) aad/or a p p l l c a t i o a ( s ) i                                    aad/or regiatratioa. whether the traaafer affect* all the
                                                                                goods aad/or services or only seas of than. In respect of
              2.1       Seglstrstios *«nb*r(s)i                                                                     any applicatioa or roglstratioa whore only san* of the goods
                                                                                aad/or services are affected by the traaafer. nabs tba
                                                                                indication in the way specified la itea 1.2.
              2.2       Applicatioa n*aber(s)i*
              1.1       I        I    K tha spacna uader 2.1 or 2.2 are aet sufficient, check
                                      this boa aad provide ta* informâtion oa an additional sheet.
             «aero tba application aunber of an application haa ant yet boea Issued
       or is not known to the tranaforor or bis rsprssontstlvo. thnt appllcatinn any
       be identified by («rnlching cithert (1) th* provisional applicntion nuaber.
       if any, given by tba Office, or Iii) a copy of the applicatiea. or (ili) a
       reproducdoo •( the nerk, acconpealed by aa iadication n( tha date on which,
       to the beat kaewledge o( tba tranaforor or bis rspreasatative. the application
   •45 wee received by the Office end aa ideatlfication aunber givea to the
       applicntiaa by the transferor or hi* repreaentative.
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              fcrorfs)                                                                 S.   Transfer**!*)
S       4.1    ir the treaoferer la e aa                                                    S.l    If the transferee is e naturel person, the person's
               (a)    really «r prlacipal                                                          (e)   family or principal aaaei*
               Ih) given nr aeceadary n                                                            (b) given or aecondery nene(a)i*
        4.1    If tan trnnsferor la a legel eetity. the eetity'e                             S.2   If the transferee is s legal sstity. the entity's
               fall official deslgnstioat                                                          full official designation:
        4.1   Address (lacludiag postal code and country)!                                   S.l   Address (including postal code aad country)!
                                                                                Téléphona a«mber(s):                     Telefacsimile e«mber(s)t
              Telephone aaaaher(s)i                      Telefacaiaile eunber(e):                  («ith the aree code)                     («ith the aree code)
               («1th the area code)                       (with aree cade)
        4.4    |     | Check this  bos if there is aero thaa one transférer< io              S.4   |    | Check this   be* if there is nor* thaa aaa transfer**; ia
                        that cad*, list then ee aa additioaal sheet and Indicate, ie                       that caaa.  list them oa aa additioaal «beet aad ladicate. ia
                        reaped *(  each ef them, the date referred to la Itea* 4.1                         respect of  eech or them, the date referred to ie Itene S.l
                        or 4.2 aad 4.1.                                                                    er S.l end  S.l.
                                                                                Additional lnd*catioaa (see th* Anna* ta this Pern (attached))
                                                                                (the furnishing of aay ef those iedieatlaas is optional
  *     The eûmes to be indicated under (a) aad (b) are those arhlch «aera                     far the purpose* of recordal ef the cheage la ownership)
  iadlcated la thè applleattòa(a). or ara recorded le respect of the
  registrstioo(s). to «hich tha present document reletes.
                                                                                |    | Check this boa if the Anns* is esed.
                                                                                *     The aanes to ho lndiceted under (e) aad (b) ara either the full
                                                                                the traaaferee er the enee* customarily used by the treesferee.
                                       rorm a* 4. page S
                                                                                Additional Indications «dating
                                                                                -TO a Transfer Document titrai 41
    7.   Signatures or Seals
         7.1     Sigaetere(a) or s*s)(s) ot the treasfsror(s)
                                                                                A.    Transfer ef Goodwill or Business                                        ^
                 7.1.1   Same(s) Of th* aeterel persoa(s) who siga(s) er whose
                         seal(s) 1* (are) uaedi                                                <•)   i   I Chech thl* bo* where the traasfsr is made with the relevaat
                                                                                goodwill or the business in respect of ell the goods aad/or
                                                                                service* liatad ia the Sppllcetloe(s) aad/or registrstioa(s)
                                                                                referred to ia item 2 ef the treasfer documeat.
                 7.1.2 Dota Of signatured) er or sealiag(s)i
                                                                                (b)   |   | Check thl* bo* where item 2 of the trsnsfer document
                                                                                •nations only one eppllcetioa er registrstios end where the
                                                                                treasfer is made with the relèvent goodwill or the business
                                                                                i* respect of only some of the goods aad/or services listed
                 7.1.1   Signature!*) or ssal(s)i
                                                                                in thet epplicetiee or reglstretioe end indicata th* good*
                                                                                aad/or services in respect of which the transfer is node
                                                                                vltb the relèvent goodwill er the business:
          7.2    Signature!*) or M i l l i of the
                 7.2.1   Bame(s) of the saturai persoe(s) who siga(s) or whose
                         sesl(s) 1* (aro) ussdi
                                                                                (c>   I   I Check this bos where item 2 of the transfer documeat
                                                                                mentions more than one applicatioa or regiatretioe aad if ia
                                                                                respect of at leest oae of them the treasfer is made vita
                 7.'2.2 Oat* *( •igaatsrela) or of aealiag(*)i
                                                                                the relevaat goodwill or the business in respect of les*
                                                                                thaa all tba good* aad/or services listed, ta this case,
                                                                                ladicate ea aa additional sheet, seperetely ia respect of
                                                                                each applicatioa and/or regiatratioa. whether the traasfsr
                 7.2.1   Slgaature(a) or laallili                                                           is made with the relevaat goodwill or the business in
                                                                                respect or all th* goods and/or services or oaly son* of
                                                                                them. I* respect of any epplicstio* or registration where
                                                                                the traasrer I* node with the relevaat goodwill or the
                                                                                business in r**pect of oely *oa* of th* goods and/or
                                                                                servie**. n*k* the iadicatloe ia the way specified ia
    I.   AdVfitiona) Sheets. Attadanent* and Annex                                                          item (b).
          I     I Check this boa ir additiaaal sheets aad/or attechnoata are
                   eecleeed aad Iadicata the total aunber or such sheets ead/or
                   etteebnaat*!
          I     I Check thl* bos if an Ai •es i» eacleaed *ad ladicate the aumber or
                   tha pages or the Anns* and th* «umber or eny additioaal sheets to
                   the Annosi
                                                                                3
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                    w
O ».   Tr*-***T          «tehee «eeeltlea (rem One
       The r i g h t » , a r i a i a g f ton tba uso s ( the aerk. ara traeererred l a respect
       of
       In)   iZZl        • • * r e g l s t r s t l e e ( s ) nnd/nr a p p l i c a t i o n ! * ) .
       |b)   I       I   aoly tbn renewing r a g i s t r s t l a a l a ) and/or a p p l l c e t i e e ( s ) !
  C.   TfSSSfST of la» l i e t i
       iZZl      *ne trsaafatso shall bava tao right to *os (ar paat inrringemset*.
       CeoslOorndna
       In)    iZZl       7»* traaafer is of footed ia coasideretien (or aeaey received.
       |h)    |~|        Tbn traaafer la affected in consideration (ar as as» received
                          and ether good aad valuable coaaideretieo.
        (e)    |~|        Tao tranaforor baroby aekaewledges receipt af the
                          abeva nentioned coneideratiea.
   S.   effectif Ont, «f the Transfer
        (e)    |~l        the traaafer la effective es of tha date of signature af the
                          preaeat traaafer documeat.
        (b)    I       I Tan traaafer Is af(active as of the following detei ....
                                   MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* 7                                                                                rara ••• 7. peg* 2
                        REQUEST FOR THE CORRECTION OF MISTAKE'S)
                  i i-*gUtfatioots) and/or application^) for registration of a a r k *                         3.  Hoid*f<t)arhVorAps4icsrit(*)                                         -
                                      subaittsd to trie Office of                                                  1.1    t r tbs bolder aad/nr applicant i s s natural persea. the peraee'*
                                                                                Is)      ( s a l l y «r principal eenei*
                                                                 Per Office usa only                                      lb)     givoa or secondary a a a * l * ) i *
                                                                                1.2   l ( the bolder end/or applicant i s a legal a a t i t y . the e a t i t y ' s
                                                                                r a i l e r r i c l e l dedgaetieo:
                                         lefereace number of holder
                                         sad/or a p p l i c a n t i *
                                         teferenen number or repreeeetetivete
                                                                                1.1   Addrass IIncluding postal code sad country)t
                                                                                sberla)!                Telefacsiall* aunber(a)i
    1.   Rasparsi for Correction                                                                                (with tba area end*)                         (with the area code)
         Th* cerrectloo(s) i d e e t i f i e d l a the                                            »> hereby
         request**.                                                                                1.4    |      | Check this boa If there is n o m than eias holder end/or
                                                                                applicanti in that cas*, liât them on aa additioaal sheet
                                                                                and indicate, in re*pect *( each of Us *>. the dots referred
                                                                                to in itane 1.1 ar 1.2 aad 1.1.
    2.   Rcs^tntionts) and/or AprMicatiorsU) Conr^nted
         Tba praasnt requett concerns tbs following r e g i s t r a U e n ( a ) aad/or
         epplicatloata)!                                                                                4.   stet«Tg**auii«g
         2.1    aogistratloa nunbar(a)!                                                                             4.1   atenei
         2.2    application •indurla)!**
                                                                                4.2    andrena {including poetai cede sad country)!
         2.1    |~|         If tba spaces uader 1.1 or 2.2 a m aot auftiaioat. check
                            this baa aad provide tbs lafometion ou aa additional aba
                                                                                Tslephone Benaverla)!                Tnlofacslails number(s)t
                                                                                («Ith tbn aree code)                 (with the araa cod»)
         The refereece nunber allottod by tbs balder aad/or applicant aad/or the                                                               ar e( the power *( attorney!
  rorerenco awaber allottod by tba rapraaaatativa ta tuo praaaat rogueat aay bo
  iadlcated in this' spec*.
  **     Ubere the application aunber of a* applicatioa baa ant yet boo* Issusd
  or is not known to tbs applicant or his ropreeeatatlwe. that applanation any
  an ideotldod by («mlshlug altheri I D the prevldenal appllentinn nunbor.                                    *"    Taa nanna to be ladicatad under la) aad lb) are those which were
  i( any, givee by tba Offloe. or 111) a copy of tba application, or H i ! ) a                                indicated la tba application!a), or are recorded la raspset or the
  reproduction of tba aark. ecceupeeied by ee Indication of tba data aa which.                                regiatrstioe(o). to which tbs preaeat request relates.
  te tbs boat knowledge nf tha applicant or bla repreeeetetlvo. the application
  aaa received by the Offlea aad aa identification aunbor given to tan                                        **    To be left blank if tba peaxr of attaraay baa ant. or has not yet, been
  applicatioa by the epplicaat ar bla represeatative. -                                                       allottod a aerial sassbor or If tba aerial aunber la aot yet known to the
                                                                                holder and/or applicant or Che representative.
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   S.   Address for Service
%                                                                                5.1     Currency and amount af the fee peld In connection with the present
                                                                                request (or correction!
                                                                                5.2     Method ef poynuuti
   *     Iradicstian of MUtakcfj) and CantxXwtit)
        4.1    Beta to be car roc tedi
                                                                                *.   Adtftionit Sheets and Attaduacnta
                                                                                I     I Check thi* ho* it additioaal sheet* ond/er attachments ere
               Onta a* corrected!                                                                enclosed end indicete the total aunber ar such sheets aad/or
                                                                                ottaebnseto!
        S.2    |    | Check this bea If the above space ia iesufricieetj ia thnt
                        case, ladicate aa an additiaaal aheet tha data te be
                        corrected with the date a* corrected.
  7.    Signature or Seal
        7.1    hone or the estorsi person who sigss or whose **nl i* used!
        7.2    Check the epprepriate bus according te whether the signature is
               given, or the sen! Is used, by er oe behalf ef the
               7.2.1    |   | bolder aad/er appllcaat.
               I*.* I ~ l r.,r.».t.tlv.r
                                       ef aeeliagi
        7.4    Signature or sesli
                             MODEL INTERNATIONAL FORM N* I                                                                   rem ** S. page 2
                     REQUEST FOR THE RENEWAL OF A REGISTRATION
                               submitted to the Office of                           3.     MàetU)
                                                                                1.1    ir the holder Is s natural persoe, th* person'
                                                                                (a)      («ally or principal earnsi*
                                                                                (b)     givea er secondary aene(s):*
                                                 r*r Office «so only
                                                                                1.2   If the holder Is a legal aatity. the e e t i t y ' e
                                                                                f a l l o f f i c i e l deslgeetios!
                                                                                1.1   Address (Including posts! code end couetry):
                                 Befereace aauubei ef beldori*
                                 Seferoace number of représente!Ivei«
                                                                                Telephone number(*)i                        Telefecslmlle smmbeflsl:
                                                                                (with the ares code)                       (with th* ere* cede!
                                                                                1.4    |      | Chock this bos If there is nere then one holderi in that
    I.   Indication That a Renewal b Sought                                                                 case, list thaa ea an additional aheet end indicete, ie
                                                                                reapect of each of than, tan data referred to ia item* 1.1
         The rennwal of thn regiatratioa Identified in the prosont request is                               or 1.1 and 1.1.
         hereby requested.
    2.    Registration Conce rari
          1.1   Bogistratlnn number!
          X.2   riling data or the applicatiee which resulted la thn               *      Th* names to be Indicated under (a) «ad (b) are those which ere recorda
                registratimi                                                       in respect ef th* regiatratioa to which the preseat request reletes.
                aeglstratloa dotai
  *       The rorerenco awaber allotted by tha bolder and/nr tbn reference eunber
  al letted by th* represeatative to the present request for rennwal aay be
  iadireted ia this spec*.
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    4.   Rt^raacnutm as* list llolnir                                                                  Geodi and/or Services*
f>       4.1 neaei
                                                                                S.l   |_|     Seaevel la requested for all the goods aad/er services
                                                                                covered by the regiatratioa.
         4.2   Address (including postal cede aad country)i
                                                                                S.2   |__|    aeeewel ie only requested (er the (ellowing geode ead/ar
                                                                                cervices covered by the registration!**
               Telephone neaasrlsli                   TelefsceinlU seabed*)!
               (with tbs a m a cada)                  (with the area ondo)                             S.l   |__|     Benewnl is roguested (or all the good* aad/er aervice*
                                                                                covered by the ragistratioa eacept the following:***
         4.1   Serial ananas* of tbn power ef attorneyi*
                                                                                S.4   |_|     Check this una i( tbs above apace i* i***rfici*et aad us*
                                                                                additioaal ahnot.
   S.    A^Mress for Service of llMliiM^
                                                                                *      Cheek aaly ana of ban»* S.l. S.l ar S.S.
                                                                                **    Taa M a t ef the good* aad/er eervicee (er which renewal ia requested
    *     To be left blank if the power ef attaraay baa aot. ar baa ant yet, boos                aast be proaoatad la tbs sans «ay as it appaerà la tba ragistratioa (grouping
   allattad a aerial awaber or if the serial awaber 1* net yet known to tbn                      according to the elaaaea ef the M O * Claaalflcatioa. atarting with aa
   bolder or tbn represeatative.                                                                 Indication of tba nunbar of tbs relevaat claaa aad, where tha good* or
                                                                                services beloeg to aero than one elea*, preaeatatiee ia the order of the
                                                                                classes ef that Claasifleatlsn).
                                                                                ***    Thn goods end/or eervicee (or «bleb renewal Is net roguested must, where
                                                                                they belong to aero thaa «an claaa e( the ales Clasaiflcatloa. be groapod
                                                                                accardiag ta the class** *( that Classification, startiag with aa iadicatioa
                                                                                af tan Banner of tba relevaat claaa aad preeeatod ia the.order of the clssses
                                                                                of tba said ClsssKicstinn.
                                      P o m N* S. page S                                                                              r e m n" s. page S
          Person. Other Than the llolder or the Representative of the ttotder. who Files tbs            Signature or Seal
          Preaeat Reassert For Renews! -
                                                                                S.l   neae of the natural person who signs or whoss seal Is ussdi
          IrSTCOTAeTTi   A perses other than the holder or ta* rapraeaatàUvo of tba -
                         balder aay (II* a request (or roaewel aaly «barn tbs                we»
                         Contracting Party coscsraed allows it. Conaaguaatly, the                       S.l   Check the appropriate boa according to whether the signstur* 1*
                         preseet itea cannot be completed l( the Contracting Party                            give*, or the seel la used, by or oa behalf ef tha
                         «bara Office la th* Office identified on the first page of
                         the present request (or renewal does aot allow a request for
                         renewal to be (lied by a peraoa other thaa tbn holder er tbs                         4.2.1 | ~ |    holder.
                         represeetetive of the bolder.
                                                                                5.2.2 | _ |    represeatative or the bolder.
         I    | Check thia bos ir th* preseet request (or rennwal Is (lied by                                 4.1.1 |     | per*** referred to in itea 7.
                 a person other than the balder or the representative af tbs bolder.
                                                                                S.l   Dote or dgaatur* or of ssslisgi
          7.1   If the porco* Is s natural perses, the person'*
                                                                                S.4   Signature or seal!
                la)    fanily or principe) nans:
                (b) given or secondary aaa*!*)i
          1.2   ir tha peraoa ia a legal aatity. tha aatity'*
                lull official daaignatiOB!                                                         *.   Foe
                                                                                S.l   Currency sad «asest of tba (an paid i a connection «1th the present
                                                                                renewal:
                                                                                request (or raaewa:                                                **
          7.1   Address (Including poetai code and country)!
                                                                                S.2   Method of payes»t:
                                                                                10.  AcsSlional Sheets
                Telsphoes eunber(s)i                   T e l o t a c s l a l l s sissbirl*):
                (with tbs araa code)                   ( w i t h the «ran onde)
                                                                                I   I • Chech thl* boa if sdditional aheet* are enclosed and
                                                                                Indicate tba t o t a l aunber of such sheet*!
                                                                                land of docununt)
                                                                                3?
 ---pagebreak---         I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the
    Trademark Law Treaty and the Regulations under the Trademark
    Law Treaty, adopted on October 27,1994.
                                               Director General
                                               World Intellectual
                                             Property Organization
(Al
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