No. 2
Trademarks
FOURTH SCHEDULE
41
s. 61
INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS UNDER THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE
MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS
PARAGRAPHS
PART 1__PRELIMININARY
1. Interpretation
2. Language of communication
PART II__APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION
3. Application and examination of international application in
respect of which the Trademarks Office is the office of
generation
4. Verification of particulars in an application
5. Certification
6. Handling fee
7. Ceasing of effect of basic application or basic registration
PART III__INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION IN RESPECT OF WHICH
MALAWI IS DESIGNATED AS A CONTRACTING PARTY
8. Statement of grant of protection
9. Provisional refusal of protection
10. Advertisement and opposition of application
11. Provisional refusal based on an opposition
12. Final decision following notification of a provisional refusal
13. Further decision affecting protection of a mark
14. Effect of international registration
15. Invalidation of international registration
16. Recordings in the International Register
17. Collective and certification marks
18. Replacement of registration
19. Transformation
20. Regulations on the international registration of marks
21. Conflict between this Act and the Madrid Protocol
PART 1__PRELIMININARY
In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires__
“applicant” means a natural person or legal entity in whose
name an international application is filed;
“basic application” means an application for registration of a
mark, filed with the Registrar under the Act, and which is used as
1.
Interpretation