2°
information allowing the applicant’s identity to be established;
3° a reproduction of the mark;
4° the list of products or services for which registration of the mark is requested.
1.
Where the empowered authority finds that, at the time of receipt of the application, the
requirements of paragraph one of this article have not been satisfied, it shall invite the
applicant to file the required corrections within a period of seven (7) days.
Where the applicant complies with the invitation referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the
empowered authority shall accord, as the filing date, the date of receipt of the required
correction.
Article 145: Examination
The empowered authority shall examine whether the application satisfies the requirements of
articles 142 and 143 of this Law, and of the related administrative regulations to apply the
above articles.
The empowered authority shall examine whether the mark is the mark in the sense of
paragraph 15 of article 5 and may be registered according to the provisions of articles 133 and
140 of this Law.
If the empowered authority finds that the requirements of this article have not been satisfied,
it shall invite the applicant to make the required corrections; if the applicant does not comply
with the invitation, the application shall be considered withdrawn; if the correction relates to
the declaration of priority, the right of priority shall be lost.
Where the empowered authority finds that the requirements of paragraphs one and 2 of this
article have been satisfied, it shall have the application, as accepted, published immediately in
the prescribed manner.
Article 146: Opposition
Any interested person may, within the prescribed time limit and in the prescribed forms by a
ministerial decree, give the empowered authority an opinion on his opposition to the
registration of the mark for the reason that one or more of the requirements of paragraph 15 of
article 5 and articles 133 to 143 of this Law have not been satisfied.
The empowered authority shall immediately send a copy of this opinion to the applicant who
shall, within the prescribed time limit and in the prescribed forms, send the empowered
authority a response explaining the grounds on which he bases his application. In the absence
of such a response, he shall be considered to have abandoned his or her application.
Where the applicant sends a response, the empowered authority shall transmit a copy of that
response to the opposing party and, after hearing the parties, if one or both of them wish to be