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Where the application to register a mark is not rejected under Article 147 above, the
mark shall be registered by the Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property.
The date of registration shall be the date of filing of the registration application.
Filing shall give rise to registration in the National Register of Marks referred to in the
first paragraph of Article 156 below.
Article 149
Further to the registration provided for in Article 148 above, a report recording the
filing and mentioning the date of said filing and the attached documents shall be
drawn up by the Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property along with the
certificate of registration of the mark, accompanied by the design of the registered
mark. The report and the certificate of registration shall be conveyed or notified to the
applicant or his agent.
Article 150
Any interested person may obtain, upon written request, an official copy of the mark,
upon production of the design of the registered mark.
Chapter III
Effects of the registration of the mark
Article 151
Registration of a mark shall be valid starting from the date of filing of the registration
application for a period of ten years, renewable indefinitely. It may be renewed upon
request and subject to the payment of the set renewal fee. Registration must be
renewed in the six months prior to the expiry of its term of validity.
However, a grace period of six months starting from the expiry of the term of validity
shall be accorded to the applicant to make said renewal, subject to payment of a set
surcharge. Renewal shall begin as from the expiry of the term of validity of
registration. The registration shall remain fully valid during the grace period.
Where the request for renewal concerns only part of the goods or services covered
by the registration, or includes a restriction or limitation of the list of goods or
services, the registration of the mark shall be renewed only in respect of the
remaining goods or services in question. Where appropriate, the renewal request
shall indicate the goods or services removed or the nature of the restriction or
limitation
The registration of a mark may be renewed if it does not contain either an
amendment of the mark or an extension to include goods or services other than
those designated in the request for initial registration of the mark.