b) If the application does not comply with the prescribed requirements, the Director General shall
notify the applicant accordingly requesting him to correct the application within two months from
the date of the notification.
c) If the required correction is not made within the specified period, the application shall be
considered withdrawn.
d) Where the Director General finds that the conditions referred to under subsection (a) through
subsection (e) of this section are fulfilled he shall cause the application to be published in the
prescribed manner.
e) Any interested person may, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, file with the
Director General a notice of opposition to the registration of the mark specifying the grounds that
the opponent deems relevant to refuse the registration of that mark.
f) The Director General shall notify the opposition to the applicant and, within the period of three
months and in the prescribed manner, the applicant may send to the Director General a reply to the
opposition.
g) If the applicant sends a reply to the opposition, the Director General shall furnish a copy thereof to
the person giving notice of opposition and shall hear the parties, if either or both wish to be heard.
h) The Director General shall examine and determine whether the mark complies with the definition
in Section 10.1 and is registrable under Section 10.2. Where one or more oppositions have been
filed on grounds under Section 10.2, he/she shall also examine whether the mark is registrable
under those grounds.
§10.7. Certificate of Registration
a) Where the Director General finds that the conditions for registration are fulfilled, he/she shall refer
the applicant to the Registrar for registration of the mark, publication of a reference to the
registration and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration. . Otherwise, he shall refuse the
application.
b) Where an application for registration of a mark claims the benefit of Article 6quinquies of the
Paris Convention that every trademark duly registered in the country of origin shall be accepted for
filing and protection in Liberia as part of the Union under the Paris Convention, the Director
General shall ensure that in deciding on the registration, a certificate of registration of the country
of origin issued by the competent authority is produced by the applicant and that the country of
origin is where the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment, or is
domiciled, or is a national of the country of origin. Trademarks covered by this subsection shall
not be denied registration or invalidated except in keeping with rules and regulations issued by the
Director General pursuant to said Article of the Paris Convention.
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