Article 7
The application for the registration of the mark shall be filed at the industrial property
authority in return for payment of fees to be determined by a ruling.
The application shall be accompanied by a power of attorney if an agent represents the
applicant.
The applicant whose residence is outside Tunisia must hire an agent residing in Tunisia.
The power of attorney shall determine the extent of the agency and unless stating otherwise
the power of attorney shall cover all action associated with the mark including all the
procedures stipulated in this law excluding the two cases of withdrawing the application or
abandoning it which require a special power of attorney.
In case of multiplicity of applicants for the same application, a common agent must be
appointed.
Article 8
Every application for the registration of a mark shall be filed according to procedures to be
determined by a ruling.
At each filing the industrial property authority shall verify that:
- It was filed according to the procedures stipulated in the first paragraph of this article.
- That the sign qualifies as a mark according to articles 2, 3 and 4 of this law.
The industrial property authority shall provide the applicant with a receipt at the time of
filing.
If the application for registration does not satisfy the requirements of the second paragraph of
this article, the industrial property authority shall notify the applicant by a justified
notification and give him a grace period of one moth starting from the notification date to
amend the application for registration or to contest the objections of the competent authority.
In case the amendment is not effected and no observations are submitted which lead to the
elimination of the objections, the application for registration shall be rejected.
If the reasons for rejection concern only a part of the application for registration, only this part
shall be rejected.
The rejection decision shall be justified.
The amendment effected according to the requirements of this article shall not lead to the
expansion of the scope of registration.
Article 9
Every filing which has been legally accepted shall be published in the official publication of