The requests for correction mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be submitted
in writing and shall include the changes proposed.
148. Any request for registration which:
(1) does not satisfy the provisions provided for under (a) and (b) of Article 135 above;
(2) has not been corrected within the time period of three months provided for in
Article 145 above;
shall be rejected.
The rejection of any request for the registration of a mark must be substantiated and
notified to the applicant or his agent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. A
reference to said rejection shall be entered in the National Register of Marks referred to in the
first paragraph of Article 157 below.
149. Where the request for the registration of a mark has not been rejected under the
provisions of Article 148 above, the mark shall be registered by the entity responsible for
industrial property without prior examination as to the merits.
The date of registration shall be the date of filing.
Filings shall give rise to registration in the National Register of Marks referred to in the
first paragraph of Article 157 below.
150. Further to the registration referred to in Article 149 above, a report recording the
filing and mentioning the date of said filing and the documents attached shall be drawn up by
the entity responsible for industrial property as well as the certificate of registration for the
mark accompanied by the design of the registered mark. The report and certificate of
registration shall be conveyed or notified to the applicant or his agent.
151. 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 on the registration of the mark
152. Registration of a mark shall be valid starting from the date of filing for a period of
ten years, renewable indefinitely. It may be renewed subject to the same formalities and
conditions as those provided for in Section II of Chapter II of this Title. Renewal of
registration must be effected 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. Renewal shall begin as from the
expiry of the term of validity of registration.
Where the request for renewal concerns only part of the goods or services covered by
the registration, the registration of the mark shall be renewed only in respect of the goods or
services in question.
The registration of a mark may be renewed if it does not contain either an amendment of
the design of the mark or an extension to include goods or services other than those
designated in the request for initial registration of the mark.
Any amendment of the sign or extension of the list of goods or services designated must
give rise to a new filing.