No. 2
Trademarks
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“Madrid Protocol” means the Protocol Relating to the Madrid
Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks,
adopted in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 1989;
“office of origin” means the intellectual property office of a
Contracting Party where the international application was filed;
“subsequent designation” means the request for extension of
protection (“territorial extension”) under Article 3ter(2) of the
Madrid Protocol and includes such designation as recorded in the
International Register, and “WIPO” means the world intellectual
property organisation.
2. Any communication, including an international application,
for transmission to the International Bureau through the office of the
Registrar, shall be in English.
PART II__APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION
3.__(1) A person seeking international registration of a
trademark, shall file a basic application with the Registrar for
transmittal to the International Bureau.
(2) Where an international application is filed with the Registrar
for transmittal to the International Bureau, the Registrar shall verify
that the Trademarks Office be considered as the office of origin in
respect of that application, and that the relevant particulars
appearing in the international application correspond to the relevant
particulars appearing in the basic application or basic registration,
as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid
Protocol and the Common Regulations.
4.__(1) Where an international application is filed with the
Trademarks Office for transmission to the International Bureau, the
Trademarks Office shall verify that Malawi qualifies as the country
of origin under the Madrid Protocol in respect of that application,
and that the particulars appearing in the international application
corresponds to the relevant particulars appearing in the basic
application or basic registration, as the case may be, in accordance
with the provisions of the Madrid Protocol and the Common
Regulations.
(2) Where the international application complies with the
prescribed requirements, the Trademarks Office shall so certify in
the application indicating the date on which it was received, and
shall, upon payment of the prescribed handling fee by the applicant,
forward the application to the International Bureau.
Language of
communicatio
n
Application
and
examination
of
international
applications
in respect of
which the
Trademarks
Office is the
office of
origin
Verification
of particulars
in an
application