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(4) Where a final decision is taken by the Office in respect of an
opposition filed against an international registration designating
Botswana, the Office shall notify that fact to the International Bureau
by means of a statement complying with the requirements prescribed in
the Madrid Protocol and the Regulations.
100. Where the effects of an international registration are invalidated
in Botswana and the invalidation is no longer subject to appeal, the
Office shall, provided that it is aware of that decision, notify the
International Bureau in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Madrid Protocol and the Regulations.
101. (1) Notifications to the International Bureau referred to in
sections 96 (1), 97 and 99 (2) shall be sent by the Registrar not later
than one year from the date on which the Registrar was notified of the
international registration of the mark.
(2) The Registrar shall inform the International Bureau of any final
decision regarding the acceptance or refusal outcome of the opposition
proceedings.
102. Where an international registration designating Botswana is of
a collective mark or a certification mark, the rules governing the use of
the collective mark or certification mark shall be submitted directly by
the holder of that international registration to the Office within the
prescribed time limit.
103. (1) The Office shall, upon request from the holder of an
internationally registered mark, record a note of that international
registration in the register of the mark that was registered in Botswana
where —
(a) a mark registered in Botswana is also the subject of an
international registration that extends to Botswana;
(b) the same person is recorded as holder of the registration in
Botswana and of the international registration;
(c) all the goods and services listed in the registration in Botswana
are also listed in the international registration in respect of
Botswana; and
(d) the extension of that international registration to Botswana took
effect after the date of registration of that mark in Botswana.
(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be subject to the payment of
the prescribed fee.
(3) Where the Office has recorded a note of an international registration
in accordance with subsection (1), it shall notify the International Bureau
accordingly and the notification shall indicate the following —
(a) the number of the international registration in question;
(b) where only some of the goods and services listed in the international
registration are concerned, those goods and services;
(c) the filing date and number of the application for registration and
the registration date and number of the mark in Botswana;
Invalidation
of
internationally
registered
mark
Time limit of
notification to
International
Bureau
Collective and
certification
marks
Replacement
of
internationally
registered
mark