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Section II Procedure for registering the mark
Article 143
Any person wishing to obtain a certificate of registration for a mark must file with the
Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property a mark registration application
in the conditions provided for under this Section.
The application for registration of a mark must comprise on the date of its filing:
((a) an implicit or explicit request for registration of a mark;
((b) details or data that make it possible to establish the identity of the applicant or to
enable the Office to make contact with the applicant;
((c) the mark for which registration is sought, or a reproduction of the mark in the
case of a mark with special graphic elements, shape or color, or a figurative,
composite or three-dimensional mark with or without color; for marks that are not
visible by sight, a graphic representation of the mark;
((d) the list of products or services for which the protection of the mark is sought; and
((e) proof of payment of the prescribed fees.
The date of receipt of the application shall be considered the filing date, provided that
the conditions provided for in the previous paragraph have been met. In the absence
of one of the elements listed in the previous paragraph, the application shall be
considered not to have been filed and the filing date shall not be retained.
In addition to the elements mentioned in the second paragraph, for the purposes of
mark registration the application shall contain:
(a) the name and address of the agent and a reference to the power of attorney, or
other communication in which the appointment of that agent is or was effected;
(b) the class or classes of products or services, according to the International
Classification of Goods and Services, for which trademark protection is being
requested, so as to precede the respective products and services which shall be
presented in the order of classes applicable;
(c) signature of the applicant or his agent.
The necessary formalities and the documents to be attached to the requests for
entries shall be fixed by regulation.
Where the application for a mark contains at least the documents provided for in the
second paragraph above, the request for registration of a mark, shall be entered in
chronological order of filing in the National Register of Marks referred to in the first
paragraph of Article 156 below, with a date and number of filing.
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