Article 10
Certificates of Registration
On registration, a certificate shall be issued to the owner of the registration setting out,
in particular, the following information as recorded in the Special Register of Trade Names:
(a) the serial number of the trade name;
(b) the date of filing of the application for registration and the date of registration;
(c) the trade name as registered or, where appropriate, the reproduction of the trade
name;
(d) the place where the establishment in question is situated, together with the type of
activity in which it engages;
(e) the surname and forename of the registered owner, together with his address.
Article 11
Duration of Rights
(1) The registration of a trade name shall be valid for only 10 years from the date of
filing; however, the right afforded by registration of a trade name may be preserved
indefinitely through successive renewals of the registration every 10 years.
(2) Renewal of a registration may be obtained on request by the owner of the
registration submitted during the final year of the ten-year period and on payment of a
renewal fee the amount of which shall be fixed by regulation.
(3) However, the owner of the registration shall enjoy a six-month period of grace as
from the expiry referred to in paragraph (1) above to enable him to make valid payment of the
required fee. In such case, he shall also be required to pay a surcharge laid down by
regulation.
Article 12
Restoration
(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 11 above, where the protection
conferred by a registered trade name has not been renewed owing to circumstances beyond
the control of the owner of such trade name, the owner or entitled persons may apply for its
restoration against payment of the requisite renewal fee and of a surcharge the amount of
which shall be fixed by regulation, within a period of six months from the date on which the
said circumstances ceased to exist, and at the latest within a period of two years from the date
on which renewal was due.
(2) The application for restoration of the above-mentioned trade name, together with
documents proving payment of the fee and surcharge mentioned in the foregoing paragraph,
shall be sent to the Organization and shall contain a statement of the grounds on which the
owner or the entitled persons consider the restoration justified.
(3) Restoration shall not entail prolongation of the maximum duration of protection for
the trade name. Third parties who started to use the trade name after the registration thereof
expired shall have the right to continue such use.
(4) Restored trade names shall be published by the Organization in the form prescribed
by the Implementing Regulations relating to this Annex.