the documents in order within a period of three months following the date of notification.
That period may be extended by 30 days in a case of proven necessity at the request of the
applicant or his agent. An application thus put in order within the said period shall retain the
date of the original application.
(4) Where rectified documents are not produced within the period allowed, the
application for registration of the mark shall be rejected.
(5) Rejection shall be pronounced by the Director General of the Organization.
(6) No application may be rejected under paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) of this
Article without the opportunity having been given to the applicant or his agent to rectify it to
the extent and according to the procedures and forms prescribed.
(7) Where the Organization finds that the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) above
have been met, it shall register the mark and publish the registration.
(8) The legal date of the registration shall be that of the application.
Article 15
Appeal Against Rejection of the Application
If an application is rejected by the organization, the applicant has sixty days in which to
appeal against the decision. In this case, the said Commission shall be the judge and arbiter
of final instance of the application in question.
Article 16
Issue of the Certificate of Registration
(1) When registration has taken place, a certificate shall be issued to the owner of the
registration setting out the following information, in particular, as recorded in the Register:
(a) the serial number of the mark;
(b) the filing date of the application for registration, the date of registration and the
priority date if priority is claimed;
(c) the trade name or surname and forename of the owner of the mark, together with his
address;
(d) a reproduction of the mark;
(e) a mention of the classes of goods and services to which the registration relates.
Article 17
Publication
The Organization shall publish the particulars referred to in Article 16 above for every
certificate of registration issued. Those particulars shall be entered in the Special Register of
Marks.
Article 18
Opposition
(1) Any interested party may oppose the registration of a mark by sending to the
Organization, within a period of six months from the publication mentioned in Article 17
above, a written statement setting out the reasons for his opposition, which reasons must be