商标法新加坡条约
来源：未知 2022-05-09 15:07
2006年3月27日于新加坡签订
目 录
第一条： | 缩略语 |
第二条： | 本条约适用的商标 |
第三条： | 申请 |
第四条： | 代理；送达地址 |
第五条： | 申请日期 |
第六条： | 一件申请多类注册 |
第七条： | 申请和注册的分解 |
第八条： | 文函 |
第九条： | 商品或服务的分类 |
第十条： | 变更名称或地址 |
第十一条： | 变更所有权 |
第十二条： | 更正错误 |
第十三条： | 注册的有效期及续展 |
第十四条： | 未遵守期限时的救济措施 |
第十五条： | 遵守《巴黎公约》的义务 |
第十六条： | 服务商标 |
第十七条： | 使用许可备案的申请 |
第十八条： | 变更或撤销使用许可备案的申请 |
第十九条： | 未就使用许可备案的影响 |
第二十条： | 对使用许可的说明 |
对拟驳回的意见陈述 | |
实施细则 | |
大会 | |
国际局 | |
修订或修正 | |
成为本条约的缔约方 | |
1994年《商标法条约》与本条约的适用 | |
生效；批准和加入的生效日期 | |
保留 | |
第三十条： | 退出本条约 |
条约的语文；签署 | |
保存人 |
除另有明确说明外，在本条约中：
(1) "商标主管机关"指缔约方授权处理商标注册事宜的机构；
(2) "注册"指由商标主管机关核准的商标注册；
(3) "申请"指商标注册申请；
(4) "文函"指向商标主管机关提交的任何申请，或与申请或注册有关的任何请求、声明、函件或其他信息；
(5) 凡提及"人"，应理解为指自然人和法人；
(6) "注册持有人"指商标注册簿上登记为注册持有人的人；
(7) "商标注册簿"指商标主管机关以任何介质存储保管的整套商标资料，包括所有注册的内容和所有关于注册的录制资料；
(8) "向商标主管机关办理的业务"指向商标主管机关办理有关申请或注册的任何业务；
(9) "《巴黎公约》"指1883年3月20日于巴黎签署，后经修改和修订的《保护工业产权巴黎公约》；
(10) "《尼斯分类》"指根据《商标注册用商品和服务国际分类尼斯协定》(1957年6月15日于尼斯签署，后经修改和修订)所建立的分类；
(11) "使用许可"指根据缔约方法律对商标使用的许可；
(12) "被许可人"指被许可使用商标的人；
(13) "缔约方"指加入本条约的任何国家或政府间组织；
(14) "外交会议"指为修订或修正本条约而召集缔约方举行的会议；
(15) "大会"指本条约第二十三条所指缔约方大会；
(16) 凡提及"批准书"，应理解为包括接受书和核准书；
(17) "本组织"指世界知识产权组织；
(18) "国际局"指本组织国际局；
(19) "总干事"指本组织总干事；
(20) "《实施细则》"指本条约第二十二条所指《商标法条约实施细则》；
(21) 凡提及本条约某"条"或某条之"款"、"项"、"目"，应理解为包括提及《实施细则》的相应条款；
(22) "1994年《商标法条约》"指1994年10月27日于日内瓦签订的《商标法条约》。
一、[商标的性质]任何缔约方法律规定可以作为商标注册的标志所构成的商标均应适用本条约。
二、[商标的种类]
(一) 本条约应适用于与商品有关的商标(商品商标)或与服务有关的商标(服务商标)，或与商品和服务均有关的商标。
(二) 本条约不应适用于集体商标、证明商标和保证商标。
一、[申请书中含有或附带的说明或项目；申请费用]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以要求，申请书中须含有下列部分或全部说明或项目：
(1) 注册申请；
(2) 申请人的名称和地址；
(3) 申请人为一国国民的，该国名称；申请人在一国拥有住所的，该住所所在国名称；申请人在一国拥有真实有效的工商营业所的，该营业所所在国名称；
(4) 申请人为法人的，该法人的法律性质，该法人据其法律得以成为法人的国家的名称，以及在可适用的情况下，该国的行政区划名称；
(5) 申请人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(6) 本条约第四条第二款第(二)项要求提供送达地址的，该送达地址；
(7) 申请人希望获得在先申请优先权的，应提交要求该在先申请优先权的声明，并按照《巴黎公约》第四条的规定提交支持该优先权要求的说明和证据；
(8) 申请人因在展览会上展示商品或服务而希望获得由此产生的任何保护的，应根据缔约方法律的要求提交声明以及支持该声明的说明；
(9) 根据本条约《实施细则》的规定，至少提交一份商标表现物；
(10) 在可适用的情况下，根据本条约《实施细则》的规定，提交一份声明，说明商标类别以及可适用于该商标类别的任何具体要求；
(11) 在可适用的情况下，根据本条约《实施细则》的规定，提交一份声明，说明申请人希望以商标主管机关使用的标准字符注册和公告商标；
(12) 在可适用的情况下，根据本条约《实施细则》的规定，提交一份声明，说明申请人希望指定颜色作为商标的显著特点；
(13) 商标或该商标某些部分的音译；
(14) 商标或该商标某些部分的意译；
(15) 申请注册的商品或服务的名称，应按《尼斯分类》中的类别分组，并在每组前标明所属类别的编号，按类别顺序排列；
(16) 缔约方法律要求提交的有意使用该商标缔约方法律要求提交的有意使用该商标的声明。
(二) 按照缔约方法律的要求，申请人可以提交实际使用商标的声明和相关证据，作为对本款第(一)项第(16)目所指有意使用商标的声明的替代或补充。
(三) 任何缔约方均可以要求，提交注册申请须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。
二、 [一件申请多类注册]同一申请可以涉及多项商品或服务，无论其在《尼斯分类》中同属一个类别还是分属多个类别。
三、 [实际使用]任何缔约方均可以要求，已经按照本条第一款第(一)项第(16)目的规定提交有意使用商标声明的，申请人须在法律规定的期限(应不少于本条约《实施细则》规定的最短期限)内，按该法律的要求向商标主管机关提交商标实际使用的证据。
四、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款、第三款及本条约第八条所提及的要求外，任何缔约方不得就申请另行规定其他要求。尤其不得在该申请的审查和审理期间要求申请人：
(1) 提交任何商业登记簿的证书或该登记簿的摘录；
(2) 提交其正在从事的工商业活动的说明及相关证据；
(3) 提交其正在从事的与申请中所列商品或服务有关的活动的说明及相关证据；
(4) 提交该商标已在其他缔约方获得注册，或已在非缔约方的《巴黎公约》成员国获得注册的证据。申请人要求适用《巴黎公约》第六条之五规定的除外。
五、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关在审查过程中对申请中的任何说明或项目的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
一、[准许执业的代理人]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以规定，受委托向商标主管机关办理任何业务的代理人：
(1) 应有权依据可适用的法律向商标主管机关就有关申请和注册开展代理业务，以及在可适用的情况下，应为准许向商标主管机关开展代理业务的；
(2) 应提供其在缔约方规定的领土内的一个地址作为其地址。
(二) 符合缔约方根据本款第(一)项所适用的要求的代理人，向商标主管机关采取的或与之相关的任何代理行为，应具有与委托该代理人的申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人所采取的或与之相关的行为同样的效力。
二、[强制代理；送达地址]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以要求，在其境内既无住所又无真实有效的工商营业所的申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人，向商标主管机关办理任何业务，必须委托代理人办理。
(二) 如果缔约方未要求按照本款第(一)项规定指定代理人，则该缔约方可以要求，在其境内既无住所又无真实有效的工商营业所的申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人，向商标主管机关办理任何业务，必须在其境内有送达地址。
三、[委托书]
(一) 如果缔约方允许或要求申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人通过代理人向商标主管机关办理有关业务，则该缔约方可以要求须以专函的形式(以下称为"委托书")委托代理人，并视情况注明申请人、注册持有人或其他相关人的名称。
(二) 委托书可以涉及委托人指定的一件或多件申请或注册，也可以涉及委托人现有的和将来的全部申请或注册，但委托人声明的例外情况除外。
(三) 委托书可以将代理人的权力限制在一定范围。任何缔约方均可以要求，赋予代理人撤回申请或放弃注册的权力，必须在委托书中明确规定。
(四) 缔约方商标主管机关可以规定，如果某人在向商标主管机关递交的文函中自称为代理人，但商标主管机关在收到文函时没有收到所要求提供的委托书的，可以要求其在规定期限(应不少于本条约《实施细则》规定的最短期限)内将委托书递交商标主管机关。任何缔约方均可以规定，未能在规定期限内将委托书递交商标主管机关的，该人递交的该文函无效。
四、[委托书的提及]任何缔约方均可以要求，代理人就所代理的业务向商标主管机关递交的任何文函，均须提及其据以代理该业务的委托书。
五、[禁止其他要求]除本条第三款、第四款及本条约第八条所提及的要求外，任何缔约方不得就上述条款所指事项另行规定其他要求。
六、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对本条第三款、第四款所指任何文函内容的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
一、[准许的要求]
(一) 在不违反本款第(二)项及本条第二款规定的前提下，缔约方应以商标主管机关收到符合本条约第八条第二款的语言要求的下列说明和项目的日期为申请日期：
(1) 注册意图的明确或含蓄表达；
(2) 能据以确定申请人身份的说明；
(3) 商标主管机关据以与申请人或其代理人(如果有)进行联系的说明；
(4) 一份足够清楚的申请注册的商标的表现物；
(5) 申请注册的商品或服务的清单；
(6) 在适用本条约第三条第一款第(一)项第(16)目或第(二)项时，缔约方法律要求提交的本条约第三条第一款第(一)项第(16)目所指的声明，或本条约第三条第一款第(二)项所指的声明和证据。
(二) 任何缔约方均可以规定，以商标主管机关收到本款第(一)项所提及的部分而非全部说明和项目的日期，或以收到不符合本条约第八条第二款的语言要求的说明和项目的日期为申请日期。
二、[准许的附加要求]
(一) 缔约方可以规定，在缴纳费用之前不得确定申请日期。
(二) 缔约方只有在加入本条约时就适用本款第(一)项要求的，才可以适用这一要求。
三、[更正和期限]本条第一款和第二款下的更正方式和期限应在本条约《实施细则》中予以确定。
四、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款和第二款规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就申请日期另行规定其他要求。
同一件申请中含有《尼斯分类》中多个类别的商品或服务的，该申请应按同一注册办理。
一、[申请的分解]
(一) 涉及多项商品或服务的任何申请(以下称为"原申请")，可以
(1) 至少在商标主管机关对该商标能否注册作出决定之前，
(2) 在对商标主管机关作出的注册决定进行任何异议程序期间，
(3) 在对商标主管机关作出的注册决定进行任何上诉程序期间，
由申请人或经申请人请求将其分为两件或多件申请(以下称为"分申请")，分别就"原申请"中所涉及的商品或服务提出申请。"分申请"应保留"原申请"的申请日期及优先权(如果有)。
(二) 任何缔约方在不违反本款第(一)项规定的前提下，均可以就申请的分解作出规定，包括费用的缴纳等。
二、[注册的分解]本条第一款在细节上作必要修改后，应适用于注册的分解事宜。此种分解无论是
(1) 在第三方就注册的有效性向商标主管机关提出任何争议的程序期间，还是
(2) 在对商标主管机关就争议作出的决定进行任何上诉的程序期间，
均应允许进行。但是，如果缔约方法律允许第三方在商标获得注册之前对商标的注册提出异议，则缔约方可以排除注册分解的可能性。
一、[传送方式和文函形式]任何缔约方均可以选定文函的传送方式，并确定是否接受书面形式、电子形式或其他形式的文函。
二、[文函语言]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以要求，任何文函必须使用商标主管机关所接受的语言。商标主管机关允许使用多种语言的，可以要求申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人选择使用该商标主管机关规定的任何一种语言，但不得要求同一文函的说明或项目使用多种语言。
(二) 任何缔约方不得要求，对文函的任何译文出具证明、公证、鉴定、法律认证或其他证明材料，本条约另有规定的除外。
(三) 缔约方未要求文函使用商标主管机关所接受的语言的，商标主管机关可以要求该文函须由官方译员或代理人译成该商标主管机关接受的语言，并在合理期限内提交。
三、[书面文函的签字]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以要求，书面文函应由申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人签字。缔约方对书面文函有签字要求的，应接受符合本条约《实施细则》有关规定的任何签字。
(二) 任何缔约方不得要求，对任何签字出具证明、公证、鉴定、法律认证或其他证明材料，缔约方法律对放弃注册时的签字有此规定的除外。
(三) 尽管有本款第(二)项的规定，任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对任何书面文函的签字的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
四、[以电子方式提交或以电子手段传送的文函]缔约方允许以电子形式提交或以电子方式传送文函的，可以要求任何此种文函均应符合本条约《实施细则》的有关规定。
五、[文函的递交]递交文函时，凡内容符合本条约《实施细则》规定的相关国际书式范本(如果有)的，任何缔约方均应予以接受。
六、[禁止其他要求]除本条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就本条第一款至第五款内容另行规定其他要求。
七、[与代理人之间的通信手段]本条中的任何规定均不适用于申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人与其代理人之间的通信手段。
一、[注明商品或服务]商标主管机关核准的每件注册和发布的公告，凡涉及申请或注册并注明商品或服务的，均应注明商品或服务的名称，应按《尼斯分类》中的类别分组，并在每组前标明所属类别的编号，按类别顺序排列。
二、[同一类别或不同类别的商品或服务]
(一) 商品或服务，不得因为商标主管机关在任何注册或公告中将其列入《尼斯分类》的同一类别，而被认为互相类似。
(二) 商品或服务，不得因为商标主管机关在任何注册或公告中将其列入《尼斯分类》的不同类别，而被认为互相不类似。
一、[变更注册持有人名称或地址]
(一) 任何缔约方均应准许，注册持有人未变而其名称或地址发生变更的，该注册持有人可以以文函形式向商标主管机关提交变更商标注册簿登记的申请，申请中应注明相关商标的注册号及申请变更登记的内容。
(二) 任何缔约方均可以要求，变更登记申请中须注明：
(1) 注册持有人的名称和地址；
(2) 注册持有人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(3) 注册持有人有送达地址的，该送达地址；
(三) 任何缔约方均可以要求，提交变更登记申请须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。
(四) 变更涉及多件注册的，如果注明所有相关商标的注册号，则只须提交一件申请。
二、[变更申请人名称或地址]变更涉及一件或多件申请的，或同时涉及一件或多件申请和一件或多件注册的，本条第一款在细节上作必要修改后，应予适用。但是，如果相关申请号尚未公布或尚不为申请人或其代理人知晓，变更申请则应按本条约《实施细则》的有关规定注明该相关申请。
三、[变更代理人名称、地址或送达地址]本条第一款在细节上作必要修改后，应适用于代理人(如果有)名称或地址以及送达地址(如果有)的任何变更。
四、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款至第三款及本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就本条所指的申请另行规定其他要求，尤其不得要求提交任何有关变更的证明。
五、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对变更申请中的任何说明的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
一、[变更注册所有权]
(一) 任何缔约方均应准许，注册持有人发生变更的，该持有人或新获得所有权的人(以下称为“新所有人”)可以以文函形式向商标主管机关提交变更商标注册簿登记的申请，申请中应注明相关商标的注册号及申请变更登记的内容。
(二) 任何缔约方均可以要求，因合同而发生所有权变更的，变更申请中须对此予以说明，并根据提出申请者的选择，附送下列文件之一：
(1) 合同复印件，为确认其真实性，可以要求提供由公证机构或任何其他政府主管部门出具的证明；
(2) 显示所有权变更的合同的摘录，为确认其真实性，可以要求提供由公证机构或任何其他政府主管部门出具的证明；
(3) 未经证明的转让证书，须按本条约《实施细则》规定的书式和内容制订，并由注册持有人和新所有人共同签字；
(4) 未经证明的转让文件，须按本条约《实施细则》规定的书式和内容制订，并由注册持有人和新所有人共同签字。
(三) 任何缔约方均可以要求，因企业合并而发生所有权变更的，变更申请中须对此予以说明，并附送一份由主管部门签发的证明该项合并的文件的复印件，例如商业登记簿摘录的复印件，还可以要求提供由文件签发部门、公证机构或任何其他政府主管部门出具的有关该复印件真实性的证明。
(四) 任何缔约方均可以要求，因合同或企业合并而发生所有权变更的，如果共同注册持有人中有一人或多人发生变更但非全部都发生变更的，所有权未发生变更的任何共同注册持有人，均须以签字文件的形式就该所有权变更明确表示同意。
(五) 任何缔约方均可以要求，对于并非因合同或企业合并引起，而是因实施法律或法院判决等其他原因引起的所有权变更，变更申请中须对此予以说明，并附送一份证明该项变更的文件的复印件，还可以要求提供由文件签发部门、公证机构或任何其他政府主管部门出具的证明该文件真实性的证明。
(六) 任何缔约方均可以要求，变更申请中须注明：
(1) 注册持有人的名称和地址；
(2) 新所有人的名称和地址；
(3) 新所有人为一国国民的，该国名称；新所有人在一国拥有住所的，该住所所在国名称；新所有人在一国拥有真实有效的工商营业所的，该营业所所在国名称；
(4) 新所有人为法人的，该法人的法律性质，该法人据其法律得以成为法人的国家的名称，以及在可适用的情况下，该国的行政区划名称；
(5) 注册持有人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(6) 注册持有人有送达地址的，该送达地址；
(7) 新所有人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(8) 本条约第四条第二款第(二)项要求新所有人有送达地址的，该送达地址；
(七) 任何缔约方均可以要求，提交变更申请须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。
(八) 变更涉及多件注册的，如果每件注册的注册持有人和新所有人均相同，并且申请中注明所有相关商标的注册号，则只须提交一件申请。
(九) 所有权变更不涉及注册的所有商品或服务，且可适用的法律允许对此种变更予以登记的，商标主管机关应就所有权变更所涉及的商品或服务单独设立一件注册。
二、[申请的所有权变更]变更涉及一件或多件申请的，或同时涉及一件或多件申请和一件或多件注册的，本条第一款在细节上作必要修改后，应予适用。但是，如果相关申请号尚未公布或尚不为申请人及其代理人知晓，变更申请则应按本条约《实施细则》的有关规定注明该相关申请。
三、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款、第二款及本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就本条所指的申请另行规定其他要求，尤其不得要求：
(1) 除本条第一款第 (三)项规定的情况外，提交任何商业登记簿的证书或该登记簿的摘录；
(2) 说明新所有人正在从事的工商业活动并提供相关证据；
(3) 说明新所有人正在从事的与所有权变更所涉及的商品或服务有关的活动并提供相关证据；
(4) 说明原注册持有人已将其企业或有关商誉全部或部分转让给新所有人并提供相关证据。
四、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对变更申请中或本条所指的任何文件中的任何说明的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据，或在适用本条第一款第(三)项或第(五)项时，须按该项规定进一步提供相关证据。
一、[更正注册方面的错误]
(一) 任何缔约方均应准许，对于向商标主管机关提交的申请或其他申请中所出现的并反映在商标主管机关的商标注册簿或任何公告中的错误，注册持有人可以以文函方式申请更正，申请中应注明相关商标的注册号、须更正的错误以及须登记的更正。
(二) 任何缔约方均可以要求，更正申请中须注明：
(1) 注册持有人的名称和地址；
(2) 注册持有人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(3) 注册持有人有送达地址的，该送达地址。
(三) 任何缔约方均可以要求，提交更正申请须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。
(四) 更正涉及同一人的多件注册的，如果各件注册的错误和须更正的内容均相同，而且在申请中注明所有相关注册的注册号，则只须提交一件申请。
二、[更正申请方面的错误]更正涉及一件或多件申请的，或同时涉及一件或多件申请和一件或多件注册的，本条第一款在细节上作必要修改后，应予适用。但是，如果相关申请号尚未公布或尚不为申请人或其代理人知晓，更正申请则应按本条约《实施细则》的有关规定注明该相关申请。
三、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款、第二款及本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就本条所指的申请另行规定其他要求。
四、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对申请更正的错误是否确系错误产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
五、[商标主管机关造成的错误]缔约方商标主管机关应依职权或根据请求，更正其自身造成的错误，不收取任何费用。
六、[无法更正的错误]任何缔约方，对于其法律规定无法更正的错误，均无义务适用本条第一款、第二款及第五款的规定。
一、[续展申请中含有或附带的说明或项目；续展费用]
(一) 任何缔约方均可以要求，续展注册须提交续展申请，并须注明下列部分或全部项目：
(1) 续展申请；
(2) 注册持有人的名称和地址；
(3) 相关注册的注册号；
(4) 根据缔约方的规定，相关注册的申请日期或注册日期；
(5) 注册持有人有代理人的，该代理人的名称和地址；
(6) 注册持有人有送达地址的，该送达地址；
(7) 缔约方允许仅对商标注册簿中登记的部分商品或服务予以续展而且已提出此种续展申请的，应注明申请续展注册的登记商品或服务的名称，或不申请续展注册的登记商品或服务的名称，应按《尼斯分类》中的类别分组，并在每组前标明所属类别的编号，按类别顺序排列；
(8) 缔约方允许除注册持有人或其代理人之外的第三人提出续展申请且该人已提交申请的，该第三人的名称和地址。
(二) 任何缔约方均可以要求，提交续展申请须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。已经缴纳首期注册费用或任一续展期费用的，商标主管机关不得再收取该期限内的注册维持费用。根据本项的规定，与提交商标使用声明或证据有关的费用，不应被视为注册维持费用，不受本项规定的影响。
(三) 任何缔约方均可以要求，续展申请须在其法律规定的期限(应不少于本条约《实施细则》所规定的最短期限)内提交商标主管机关，并缴纳本款第(二)项所指的相关费用。
二、[禁止其他要求]除本条第一款及本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就续展申请另行规定其他要求，尤其不得要求提供：
(1) 该商标的任何表现物或其他证明；
(2) 该商标已在任何其他商标注册簿注册或续展注册的证据；
(3) 有关该商标使用的声明或证据。
三、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对续展申请中的说明或项目的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须在该续展申请的审查过程中向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
四、[禁止实质审查]任何缔约方的商标主管机关均不得因为续展而对注册进行实质审查。
五、[有效期]首次注册和每次续展的有效期均为十年。
一、[期限届满前的救济措施]缔约方可以规定，向商标主管机关办理有关申请或注册的某一业务期限，凡在期限届满前向商标主管机关提出申请要求延长该期限的，均可予以延长。
二、[期限届满后的救济措施]缔约方可以规定，申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人向商标主管机关办理有关申请或注册，未能遵守规定的某一业务期限(“相关期限”)的，如果向商标主管机关提出申请要求提供救济措施，应按《实施细则》的规定提供下列一种或多种救济措施：
(1) 将相关期限延长至《实施细则》规定的时间；
(2) 继续处理申请或注册；
(3) 商标主管机关认为未能遵守期限，但已作出在具体情况下应作的努力的，或根据缔约方的规定，未能遵守期限并非出于故意的，恢复申请人、注册持有人或其他利害关系人对申请或注册的权利。
三、[例外]对于《实施细则》中规定的例外情况，不得要求任何缔约方提供本条第二款提及的任何救济措施。
四、[费用]任何缔约方均可以要求，申请本条第一款和第二款所提及的任何救济措施均须缴纳费用。
五、[禁止其他要求]除本条和本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就本条第二款所提及的任何救济措施另行规定其他要求。
任何缔约方均应遵守《巴黎公约》中有关商标的规定。
任何缔约方均应允许注册服务商标并对服务商标适用《巴黎公约》中有关商标的规定。
一、[有关备案申请的要求]缔约方法律规定商标使用许可须报其商标主管机关备案的，该缔约方可以要求备案申请须：
(1) 按照《实施细则》规定的要求提交；
(2) 附送《实施细则》规定的补充文件。
二、[费用]任何缔约方均可以规定，申请使用许可备案须向商标主管机关缴纳费用。
三、[涉及多件注册的一件申请]使用许可涉及多件注册的，如果所有注册的持有人和被许可人均相同，申请中注明所有相关注册的注册号，并且按照《实施细则》的规定注明所有注册的许可范围，则只须提交一件申请。
四、[禁止其他要求]
(一) 除本条第一款至第三款和本条约第八条规定的要求外，任何缔约方不得就向商标主管机关申请使用许可备案另行规定其他要求，尤其不得要求提供：
(1) 被许可商标的注册证；
(2) 使用许可合同或其译本；
(3) 关于使用许可合同中财务条款的说明。
(二) 除在商标注册簿中进行使用许可备案外，本款第(一)项，对于缔约方法律规定的任何信息公开义务，均不构成影响。
五、[证据]任何缔约方均可以要求，商标主管机关对使用许可备案申请中或《实施细则》提及的任何文件中的任何说明的真实性产生合理怀疑的，须向商标主管机关提供相关证据。
六、[与注册申请有关的使用许可备案申请]缔约方法律允许对注册申请进行使用许可备案的，本条第一款至第五款在细节上作必要修改后，应适用于此种使用许可备案的申请。
一、[有关申请的要求]缔约方法律规定使用许可须报其商标主管机关备案的，该缔约方可以要求，变更或撤销使用许可备案的申请须：
(1) 按照《实施细则》规定的要求提交；
(2) 附送《实施细则》规定的补充文件。
二、[其他要求]第十七条第二款至第六款在细节上作必要修改后，应适用于变更或撤销使用许可备案的申请。
一、[注册和保护的有效性]未就使用许可向缔约方的商标主管机关或任何其他机构备案的，不得影响被许可商标注册的有效性或该商标应受的保护。
二、[被许可人的某些权利]凡缔约方法律规定被许可人享有参与注册持有人提起的商标侵权诉讼，或通过此种诉讼从对被许可商标的侵权中获得损害赔偿的权利的，不得再将使用许可备案作为被许可人享有该权利的条件。
三、[对未备案使用许可商标的使用]凡缔约方法律规定在涉及商标确权、维持或执法的诉讼程序中，被许可人对商标的使用可以视同为注册持有人对该商标的使用的，不得再将使用许可备案作为视同使用的条件。
缔约方法律要求对商标被许可使用这一情况予以说明的，如果全部或者部分不符合该要求，不得影响被许可商标注册的有效性或该商标应受的保护，也不得影响本条约第十九条第三款的适用。
对于依据本条约第三条提出的申请以及依据本条约第七条、第十条至第十四条、第十七条和第十八条提出的申请，商标主管机关拟驳回时未给予申请人或提出各项申请者(视具体情况而定)在合理期限内陈述意见的机会的，不得完全或部分驳回。就第十四条而言，申请救济措施的人已有机会对相关决定所依据的事实陈述意见的，不得再次要求商标主管机关给予其陈述意见的机会。
一、[内容]
(一) 本条约所附《实施细则》对涉及以下内容的细则作出规定：
(1) 本条约明文指定“由《实施细则》规定”的事项；
(2) 有助于实施本条约之条款的任何细节；
(3) 任何行政要求、事项或程序。
(二) 《实施细则》也应包括《国际书式范本》。
二、[《实施细则》的修改]除本条第三款规定以外，对《实施细则》的任何修正均须获得所投票数的四分之三。
三、[对一致同意的要求]
(一) 《实施细则》可以规定，其某些条款的修正须经一致同意；
(二) 对《实施细则》作出的任何修正，凡会导致本款第(一)项所规定的《实施细则》中某些条款有增加或删除的，须经一致同意；
(三) 确定是否达成一致同意时，应只考虑实际投票数。弃权不应被视为投票。
四、[本《条约》与《实施细则》之间相抵触的]本《条约》的规定与《实施细则》的规定发生抵触时，应以前者为准。
一、[组成]
(一) 缔约方应设立大会。
(二) 每一缔约方应在大会中有一名代表，该代表可以由副代表、顾问和专家辅助。每一代表只能代表一个缔约方。
二、[任务]大会应当：
(1) 处理与本条约发展有关的事宜；
(2) 修正《实施细则》，包括《国际书式范本》；
(3) 确定本款第(2)项中提及的每项修正的适用日期的条件；
(4) 为执行本条约的规定履行其他适当职责。
三、[法定人数]
(一) 大会成员国的半数构成法定人数。
(二) 尽管有本款第(一)项的规定，如果在任何一次大会会议上，出席会议的大会成员国的数目不足大会成员国的半数，但达到或超过三分之一，大会可以作出决定。但是除了关于大会本身程序的决定外，所有这种决定只有符合下述条件才能生效：国际局应将所作决定通知未出席会议的大会成员国，请其于通知之日起三个月的期限内以书面形式进行表决或表示弃权。如果在该期限届满时，以此种方式进行表决或表示弃权的成员国数目达到构成会议本身法定人数所缺的成员数目，并同时达到所需的多数，所作决定即应生效。
四、[在大会上作出决定]
(一) 大会应努力通过协商一致作出决定。
(二) 无法通过协商一致作出决定的，应通过表决对争议的问题作出决定。在此种情况下：
(1) 每一个国家缔约方有一票表决权，并只能以其自己的名义表决，以及
(2) 任何政府间组织缔约方可代替其成员国参加表决，表决票数与其参加本条约的成员国的数目相等。如果此种政府间组织的任何一个成员国行使其表决权，则该组织不得参加表决，反之亦然。此外，如果此种政府间组织的任何一个参加本条约的成员国是另一此种政府间组织的成员国，而该另一政府间组织参加该表决，则前一组织不得参加表决。
五、[多数]
(一) 除本条约第二十二条第二款和第三款规定以外，大会作决定需有所投票数的三分之二。
(二) 确定是否达到所需的多数时，应只考虑实际投票数。弃权不应被视为投票。
六、[会议]大会应由总干事召集，如无例外情况，应与本组织大会同时同地举行。
七、[议事规则]大会应制定自己的议事规则，包括召集特别会议的规则。
一、[行政任务]
(一) 国际局应执行有关本条约的行政任务。
(二) 特别是，国际局应为大会以及大会可能设立的专家委员会和工作组筹备会议并提供秘书处。
二、[大会之外的其他会议]总干事应召集大会设立的任何委员会会议和工作组会议。
三、[国际局在大会和其他会议中的作用]
(一) 总干事及其指定的人员应参加大会的所有会议、大会所设立的委员会和工作组的所有会议，但没有表决权。
(二) 总干事或其指定的一名工作人员是大会以及本款第(一)项所述委员会和工作组的当然秘书。
四、[会议]
(一) 国际局应按照大会的指示，筹备任何修订会议。
(二) 国际局可就所述筹备工作与本组织的成员国、政府间组织、国际及国家非政府间组织进行协商。
(三) 总干事及其所指定的人员应参加修订会议的讨论，但没有表决权。
五、[其他任务]国际局应执行与本条约有关的任何其他任务。
本条约只能通过外交会议进行修订或修正。任何外交会议的召集均应由大会决定。
一、[资格]下列实体可以签署本条约，并在不违反本条第二款、第三款及第二十八条第一款和第三款的前提下，成为本条约的缔约方：
(1) 任何设有商标主管机关，可以办理商标注册的本组织成员国；
(2) 任何设有商标主管机关，在其组织条约所适用的领土内、其所有成员国国内或为有关申请所专门指定的成员国国内，可以办理有效的商标注册的政府间组织，但条件是该政府间组织的所有成员国均为本组织成员。
(3) 任何只能通过指定的本组织成员国商标主管机关办理商标注册的本组织成员国；
(4) 任何只能通过其参加的政府间组织所设的商标主管机关办理商标注册的本组织成员国；
(5) 任何只能通过本组织一组成员国共有的商标主管机关办理商标注册的本组织成员国。
二、[批准或加入]本条第一款提及的任何实体：
(1) 已签署本条约的，可以交存批准书；
(2) 未签署本条约的，可以交存加入书。
三、[交存的生效日期]交存批准书或加入书的生效日期：
(1) 对于本条第一款第(1)项所指的成员国，应为该国交存文书之日；
(2) 对于政府间组织，应为该政府间组织交存文书之日；
(3) 对于本条第一款第(3)项所指的成员国，应为满足下列条件之日：该国已交存文书，且另一指定国家也已交存文书；
(4) 对于本条第一款第(4)项所指的成员国，应适用本款第(2)项所指的日期；
(5) 对于本条第一款第(5)项所指的一组成员国中的某一成员国，应为该组所有成员国均已交存文书之日。
一、[既参加本条约又参加1994年《商标法条约》的缔约方之间的关系]既参加本条约又参加1994年《商标法条约》的缔约方之间的关系，应仅适用本条约。
二、[参加本条约的缔约方与参加1994年《商标法条约》而未参加本条约的缔约方之间的关系]既参加本条约又参加1994年《商标法条约》的任何缔约方，与参加1994年《商标法条约》而未参加本条约的缔约方之间的关系，应继续适用1994年《商标法条约》。
一、[应予考虑的文书]根据本条规定，只有本条约第二十六条第一款所指的实体交存的并根据第二十六条第三款具有有效日期的批准书或加入书，才应予以考虑。
二、[条约的生效]本条约应在第二十六条第一款第(2)项所指的国家或政府间组织中有十个国家或组织交存批准书或加入书三个月之后生效。
三、[条约生效之后的批准书和加入书的生效]本条第二款规定范围之外的任何实体，应自其交存批准书或加入书之日起三个月后受本条约约束。
一、[特殊种类的商标]任何国家或政府间组织均可以通过保留的形式声明，尽管有本条约第二条第一款和第二款第(一)项的规定，但本条约第三条第一款、第五条、第七条、第八条第五款、第十一条和第十三条不适用于联合商标、防御商标或派生商标。该保留中应指明所作保留涉及上述条款中的哪些条款。
二、[多类注册]凡在本条约通过之日法律规定允许商品多类注册和服务多类注册的国家或政府间组织，均可以在加入本条约时通过保留的形式声明，不适用本条约第六条的规定。
三、[续展时的实质性审查]任何国家或政府间组织均可以通过保留的形式声明，尽管有第十三条第四款的规定，但在服务商标注册首次续展时，商标主管机关可以对该注册进行实质性审查，此种审查仅限于排除因本条约生效前该国或该组织规定可以注册服务商标的法律生效后六个月内提交的申请所致的多重注册。
四、[被许可人的某些权利]任何国家或政府间组织均可以通过保留的形式声明，尽管有本条约第十九条第二款的规定，但该国或该组织仍要求，被许可人依法享有的参与注册持有人提起的商标侵权诉讼，或通过此种诉讼从对被许可商标的侵权中获得损害赔偿的权利，须以使用许可备案为条件。
五、[保留的形式]本条第一款、第二款、第三款或第四款所述任何保留，均应以声明的形式作出，并连同作为作出该保留的国家或政府间组织批准或加入本条约的文书一并提交。
六、[撤回]依据本条第一款、第二款、第三款或第四款所作的任何保留可以随时撤回。
七、[禁止其他保留]除本条第一款、第二款、第三款和第四款允许的保留外，不得对本条约有任何其他保留。
一、[通知]任何缔约方均可以通知总干事退出本条约。
二、[生效日期]退约应于总干事收到退约通知之日起一年后生效。退约不得影响本条约在该一年期届满时对涉及该退约方的任何未决申请或任何已获注册的商标的适用，但条件是退约方可以在该一年期限届满后，对已到期的任何注册自其到期之日起停止适用本条约。
一、[原件；正式文本]
(一) 本条约的签字原件为一份，以中文、阿拉伯文、英文、法文、俄文和西班牙文6种文本组成，各文本具有同等效力。
(二) 某缔约方官方语文的正式文本，非本款第(一)项所指语文的，应由总干事与该缔约方及任何其他有关缔约方协商后确定。
二、[签署的期限]本条约通过后即在本组织总部开放以供签署，期限一年。
总干事为本条约保存人。
adopted at Singapore on March 27, 2006
List of Articles
Abbreviated Expressions | |
Marks to Which the Treaty Applies | |
Application | |
Representation; Address for Service | |
Filing Date | |
Single Registration for Goods and/or Services in Several Classes | |
Division of Application and Registration | |
Communications | |
Classification of Goods and/or Services | |
Changes in Names or Addresses | |
Change in Ownership | |
Correction of a Mistake | |
Duration and Renewal of Registration | |
Relief Measures in Case of Failure to Comply with Time Limits | |
Obligation to Comply with the Paris Convention | |
Service Marks | |
Request for Recordal of a License | |
Request for Amendment or Cancellation of the Recordal of a License | |
Effects of the Non-Recordal of a License | |
Indication of the License | |
Observations in Case of Intended Refusal | |
Regulations | |
Assembly | |
International Bureau | |
Revision or Amendment | |
Becoming Party to the Treaty | |
Application of the TLT 1994 and This Treaty | |
Entry into Force; Effective Date of Ratifications and Accessions | |
Reservations | |
Denunciation of the Treaty | |
Languages of the Treaty; Signature | |
Depositary |
Article 1
Abbreviated Expressions
For the purposes of this Treaty, unless expressly stated otherwise:
(i) “Office” means the agency entrusted by a Contracting Party with the registration of marks;
(ii) “registration” means the registration of a mark by an Office;
(iii) “application” means an application for registration;
(iv) “communication” means any application, or any request, declaration, correspondence or other information relating to an application or a registration, which is filed with the Office;
(v) references to a “person” shall be construed as references to both a natural person and a legal entity;
(vi) “holder” means the person whom the register of marks shows as the holder of the registration;
(vii) “register of marks” means the collection of data maintained by an Office, which includes the contents of all registrations and all data recorded in respect of all registrations, irrespective of the medium in which such data are stored;
(viii) “procedure before the Office” means any procedure in proceedings before the Office with respect to an application or a registration;
(ix) “Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on March 20, 1883, as revised and amended;
(x) “Nice Classification” means the classification established by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, signed at Nice on June 15, 1957, as revised and amended;
(xi) “license” means a license for the use of a mark under the law of a Contracting Party;
(xii) “licensee” means the person to whom a license has been granted;
(xiii) “Contracting Party” means any State or intergovernmental organization party to this Treaty;
(xiv) “Diplomatic Conference” means the convocation of Contracting Parties for the purpose of revising or amending the Treaty;
(xv) “Assembly” means the Assembly referred to in Article 23;
(xvi) references to an “instrument of ratification” shall be construed as including references to instruments of acceptance and approval;
(xvii) “Organization” means the World Intellectual Property Organization;
(xviii) “International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the Organization;
(xix) “Director General” means the Director General of the Organization;
(xx) “Regulations” means the Regulations under this Treaty that are referred to in Article 22;
(xxi) references to an “Article” or to a “paragraph”, “subparagraph” or “item” of an Article shall be construed as including references to the corresponding rule(s) under the Regulations;
(xxii) “TLT 1994” means the Trademark Law Treaty done at Geneva on October 27, 1994.
Article 2
Marks to Which the Treaty Applies
(1) [Nature of Marks] Any Contracting Party shall apply this Treaty to marks consisting of signs that can be registered as marks under its law.
(2) [Kinds of Marks]
(a) This Treaty shall apply to marks relating to goods (trademarks) or services (service marks) or both goods and services.
(b) This Treaty shall not apply to collective marks, certification marks and guarantee marks.
(1) [Indications or Elements Contained in or Accompanying an Application; Fee]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that an application contain some or all of the following indications or elements:
(i) a request for registration;
(ii) the name and address of the applicant;
(iii) the name of a State of which the applicant is a national if he/she is the national of any State, the name of a State in which the applicant has his/her domicile, if any, and the name of a State in which the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment, if any;
(iv) where the applicant is a legal entity, the legal nature of that legal entity and the State, and, where applicable, the territorial unit within that State, under the law of which the said legal entity has been organized;
(v) where the applicant has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(vi) where an address for service is required under Article 4(2)(b), such address;
(vii) where the applicant wishes to take advantage of the priority of an earlier application, a declaration claiming the priority of that earlier application, together with indications and evidence in support of the declaration of priority that may be required pursuant to Article 4 of the Paris Convention;
(viii) where the applicant wishes to take advantage of any protection resulting from the display of goods and/or services in an exhibition, a declaration to that effect, together with indications in support of that declaration, as required by the law of the Contracting Party;
(ix) at least one representation of the mark, as prescribed in the Regulations;
(x) where applicable, a statement, as prescribed in the Regulations, indicating the type of mark as well as any specific requirements applicable to that type of mark;
(xi) where applicable, a statement, as prescribed in the Regulations, indicating that the applicant wishes that the mark be registered and published in the standard characters used by the Office;
(xii) where applicable, a statement, as prescribed in the Regulations, indicating that the applicant wishes to claim color as a distinctive feature of the mark;
(xiii) a transliteration of the mark or of certain parts of the mark;
(xiv) a translation of the mark or of certain parts of the mark;
(xv) the names of the goods and/or services for which the registration is sought, grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification, each group preceded by the number of the class of that Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs and presented in the order of the classes of the said Classification;
(xvi) a declaration of intention to use the mark, as required by the law of the Contracting Party.
(b) The applicant may file, instead of or in addition to the declaration of intention to use the mark referred to in subparagraph (a)(xvi), a declaration of actual use of the mark and evidence to that effect, as required by the law of the Contracting Party.
(c) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the application, fees be paid to the Office.
(2) [Single Application for Goods and/or Services in Several Classes] One and the same application may relate to several goods and/or services, irrespective of whether they belong to one class or to several classes of the Nice Classification.
(3) [Actual Use] Any Contracting Party may require that, where a declaration of intention to use has been filed under paragraph (1)(a)(xvi), the applicant furnish to the Office within a time limit fixed in its law, subject to the minimum time limit prescribed in the Regulations, evidence of the actual use of the mark, as required by the said law.
(4) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the application. In particular, the following may not be required in respect of the application throughout its pendency:
(i) the furnishing of any certificate of, or extract from, a register of commerce;
(ii) an indication of the applicant’s carrying on of an industrial or commercial activity, as well as the furnishing of evidence to that effect;
(iii) an indication of the applicant’s carrying on of an activity corresponding to the goods and/or services listed in the application, as well as the furnishing of evidence to that effect;
(iv) the furnishing of evidence to the effect that the mark has been registered in the register of marks of another Contracting Party or of a State party to the Paris Convention which is not a Contracting Party, except where the applicant claims the application of Article 6quinquies of the Paris Convention.
(5) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office in the course of the examination of the application where the Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication or element contained in the application.
Article 4
Representation; Address for Service
(1) [Representatives Admitted to Practice]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that a representative appointed for the purposes of any procedure before the Office
(i) have the right, under the applicable law, to practice before the Office in respect of applications and registrations and, where applicable, be admitted to practice before the Office;
(ii) provide, as its address, an address on a territory prescribed by the Contracting Party.
(b) An act, with respect to any procedure before the Office, by or in relation to a representative who complies with the requirements applied by the Contracting Party under subparagraph (a), shall have the effect of an act by or in relation to the applicant, holder or other interested person who appointed that representative.
(2) [Mandatory Representation; Address for Service]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that, for the purposes of any procedure before the Office, an applicant, holder or other interested person who has neither a domicile nor a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment on its territory be represented by a representative.
(b) Any Contracting Party may, to the extent that it does not require representation in accordance with subparagraph (a), require that, for the purposes of any procedure before the Office, an applicant, holder or other interested person who has neither a domicile nor a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment on its territory have an address for service on that territory.
(3) [Power of Attorney]
(a) Whenever a Contracting Party allows or requires an applicant, a holder or any other interested person to be represented by a representative before the Office, it may require that the representative be appointed in a separate communication (hereinafter referred to as “power of attorney”) indicating the name of the applicant, the holder or the other person, as the case may be.
(b) The power of attorney may relate to one or more applications and/or registrations identified in the power of attorney or, subject to any exception indicated by the appointing person, to all existing and future applications and/or registrations of that person.
(c) The power of attorney may limit the powers of the representative to certain acts. Any Contracting Party may require that any power of attorney under which the representative has the right to withdraw an application or to surrender a registration contain an express indication to that effect.
(d) Where a communication is submitted to the Office by a person who refers to itself in the communication as a representative but where the Office is, at the time of the receipt of the communication, not in possession of the required power of attorney, the Contracting Party may require that the power of attorney be submitted to the Office within the time limit fixed by the Contracting Party, subject to the minimum time limit prescribed in the Regulations. Any Contracting Party may provide that, where the power of attorney has not been submitted to the Office within the time limit fixed by the Contracting Party, the communication by the said person shall have no effect.
(4) [Reference to Power of Attorney] Any Contracting Party may require that any communication made to the Office by a representative for the purposes of a procedure before the Office contain a reference to the power of attorney on the basis of which the representative acts.
(5) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the matters dealt with in those paragraphs.
(6) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in any communication referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4).
(1) [Permitted Requirements]
(a) Subject to subparagraph (b) and paragraph (2), a Contracting Party shall accord as the filing date of an application the date on which the Office received the following indications and elements in the language required under Article 8(2):
(i) an express or implicit indication that the registration of a mark is sought;
(ii) indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established;
(iii) indications allowing the applicant or its representative, if any, to be contacted by the Office;
(iv) a sufficiently clear representation of the mark whose registration is sought;
(v) the list of the goods and/or services for which the registration is sought;
(vi) where Article 3(1)(a)(xvi) or (b) applies, the declaration referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(xvi) or the declaration and evidence referred to in Article 3(1)(b), respectively, as required by the law of the Contracting Party.
(b) Any Contracting Party may accord as the filing date of the application the date on which the Office received only some, rather than all, of the indications and elements referred to in subparagraph (a) or received them in a language other than the language required under Article 8(2).
(2) [Permitted Additional Requirement]
(a) A Contracting Party may provide that no filing date shall be accorded until the required fees are paid.
(b) A Contracting Party may apply the requirement referred to in subparagraph (a) only if it applied such requirement at the time of becoming party to this Treaty.
(3) [Corrections and Time Limits] The modalities of, and time limits for, corrections under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be fixed in the Regulations.
(4) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) be complied with in respect of the filing date.
Article 6
Single Registration for Goods and/or Services in Several Classes
Where goods and/or services belonging to several classes of the Nice Classification have been included in one and the same application, such an application shall result in one and the same registration.
Article 7
Division of Application and Registration
(1) [Division of Application]
(a) Any application listing several goods and/or services (hereinafter referred to as “initial application”) may,
(i) at least until the decision by the Office on the registration of the mark,
(ii) during any opposition proceedings against the decision of the Office to register the mark,
(iii) during any appeal proceedings against the decision on the registration of the mark,
be divided by the applicant or at its request into two or more applications (hereinafter referred to as “divisional applications”) by distributing among the latter the goods and/or services listed in the initial application. The divisional applications shall preserve the filing date of the initial application and the benefit of the right of priority, if any.
(b) Any Contracting Party shall, subject to subparagraph (a), be free to establish requirements for the division of an application, including the payment of fees.
(2) [Division of Registration] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to a division of a registration. Such a division shall be permitted
(i) during any proceedings in which the validity of the registration is challenged before the Office by a third party,
(ii) during any appeal proceedings against a decision taken by the Office during the former proceedings,
provided that a Contracting Party may exclude the possibility of the division of registrations if its law allows third parties to oppose the registration of a mark before the mark is registered.
(1) [Means of Transmittal and Form of Communications] Any Contracting Party may choose the means of transmittal of communications and whether it accepts communications on paper, communications in electronic form or any other form of communication.
(2) [Language of Communications]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that any communication be in a language admitted by the Office. Where the Office admits more than one language, the applicant, holder or other interested person may be required to comply with any other language requirement applicable with respect to the Office, provided that no indication or element of the communication may be required to be in more than one language.
(b) No Contracting Party may require the attestation, notarization, authentication, legalization or any other certification of any translation of a communication other than as provided under this Treaty.
(c) Where a Contracting Party does not require a communication to be in a language admitted by its Office, the Office may require that a translation of that communication by an official translator or a representative, into a language admitted by the Office, be supplied within a reasonable time limit.
(3) [Signature of Communications on Paper]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that a communication on paper be signed by the applicant, holder or other interested person. Where a Contracting Party requires a communication on paper to be signed, that Contracting Party shall accept any signature that complies with the requirements prescribed in the Regulations.
(b) No Contracting Party may require the attestation, notarization, authentication, legalization or other certification of any signature except, where the law of the Contracting Party so provides, if the signature concerns the surrender of a registration.
(c) Notwithstanding subparagraph (b), a Contracting Party may require that evidence be filed with the Office where the Office may reasonably doubt the authenticity of any signature of a communication on paper.
(4) [Communications Filed in Electronic Form or by Electronic Means of Transmittal] Where a Contracting Party permits the filing of communications in electronic form or by electronic means of transmittal, it may require that any such communications comply with the requirements prescribed in the Regulations.
(5) [Presentation of a Communication] Any Contracting Party shall accept the presentation of a communication the content of which corresponds to the relevant Model International Form, if any, provided for in the Regulations.
(6) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that, in respect of paragraphs (1) to (5), requirements other than those referred to in this Article be complied with.
(7) [Means of Communication with Representative] Nothing in this Article regulates the means of communication between an applicant, holder or other interested person and its representative.
Article 9
Classification of Goods and/or Services
(1) [Indications of Goods and/or Services] Each registration and any publication effected by an Office which concerns an application or registration and which indicates goods and/or services shall indicate the goods and/or services by their names, grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification, and each group shall be preceded by the number of the class of that Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs and shall be presented in the order of the classes of the said Classification.
(2) [Goods or Services in the Same Class or in Different Classes]
(a) Goods or services may not be considered as being similar to each other on the ground that, in any registration or publication by the Office, they appear in the same class of the Nice Classification.
(b) Goods or services may not be considered as being dissimilar from each other on the ground that, in any registration or publication by the Office, they appear in different classes of the Nice Classification.
Article 10
Changes in Names or Addresses
(1) [Changes in the Name or Address of the Holder]
(a) Where there is no change in the person of the holder but there is a change in its name and/or address, each Contracting Party shall accept that a request for the recordal of the change by the Office in its register of marks be made by the holder in a communication indicating the registration number of the registration concerned and the change to be recorded.
(b) Any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate
(i) the name and address of the holder;
(ii) where the holder has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(iii) where the holder has an address for service, such address.
(c) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the request, a fee be paid to the Office.
(d) A single request shall be sufficient even where the change relates to more than one registration, provided that the registration numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in the request.
(2) [Change in the Name or Address of the Applicant] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the change concerns an application or applications, or both an application or applications and a registration or registrations, provided that, where the application number of any application concerned has not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant or its representative, the request otherwise identifies that application as prescribed in the Regulations.
(3) [Change in the Name or Address of the Representative or in the Address for Service] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any change in the name or address of the representative, if any, and to any change relating to the address for service, if any.
(4) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the request referred to in this Article. In particular, the furnishing of any certificate concerning the change may not be required.
(5) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in the request.
Article 11
Change in Ownership
(1) [Change in the Ownership of a Registration]
(a) Where there is a change in the person of the holder, each Contracting Party shall accept that a request for the recordal of the change by the Office in its register of marks be made by the holder or by the person who acquired the ownership (hereinafter referred to as “new owner”) in a communication indicating the registration number of the registration concerned and the change to be recorded.
(b) Where the change in ownership results from a contract, any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate that fact and be accompanied, at the option of the requesting party, by one of the following:
(i) a copy of the contract, which copy may be required to be certified, by a notary public or any other competent public authority, as being in conformity with the original contract;
(ii) an extract of the contract showing the change in ownership, which extract may be required to be certified, by a notary public or any other competent public authority, as being a true extract of the contract;
(iii) an uncertified certificate of transfer drawn up in the form and with the content as prescribed in the Regulations and signed by both the holder and the new owner;
(iv) an uncertified transfer document drawn up in the form and with the content as prescribed in the Regulations and signed by both the holder and the new owner.
(c) Where the change in ownership results from a merger, any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate that fact and be accompanied by a copy of a document, which document originates from the competent authority and evidences the merger, such as a copy of an extract from a register of commerce, and that that copy be certified by the authority which issued the document or by a notary public or any other competent public authority, as being in conformity with the original document.
(d) Where there is a change in the person of one or more but not all of several co-holders and such change in ownership results from a contract or a merger, any Contracting Party may require that any co-holder in respect of which there is no change in ownership give its express consent to the change in ownership in a document signed by it.
(e) Where the change in ownership does not result from a contract or a merger but from another ground, for example, from operation of law or a court decision, any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate that fact and be accompanied by a copy of a document evidencing the change and that that copy be certified as being in conformity with the original document by the authority which issued the document or by a notary public or any other competent public authority.
(f) Any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate
(i) the name and address of the holder;
(ii) the name and address of the new owner;
(iii) the name of a State of which the new owner is a national if he/she is the national of any State, the name of a State in which the new owner has his/her domicile, if any, and the name of a State in which the new owner has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment, if any;
(iv) where the new owner is a legal entity, the legal nature of that legal entity and the State, and, where applicable, the territorial unit within that State, under the law of which the said legal entity has been organized;
(v) where the holder has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(vi) where the holder has an address for service, such address;
(vii) where the new owner has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(viii) where the new owner is required to have an address for service under Article 4(2)(b), such address.
(g) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the request, a fee be paid to the Office.
(h) A single request shall be sufficient even where the change relates to more than one registration, provided that the holder and the new owner are the same for each registration and that the registration numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in the request.
(i) Where the change of ownership does not affect all the goods and/or services listed in the holder’s registration, and the applicable law allows the recording of such change, the Office shall create a separate registration referring to the goods and/or services in respect of which the ownership has changed.
(2) [Change in the Ownership of an Application] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the change in ownership concerns an application or applications, or both an application or applications and a registration or registrations, provided that, where the application number of any application concerned has not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant or its representative, the request otherwise identifies that application as prescribed in the Regulations.
(3) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the request referred to in this Article. In particular, the following may not be required:
(i) subject to paragraph (1)(c), the furnishing of any certificate of, or extract from, a register of commerce;
(ii) an indication of the new owner’s carrying on of an industrial or commercial activity, as well as the furnishing of evidence to that effect;
(iii) an indication of the new owner’s carrying on of an activity corresponding to the goods and/or services affected by the change in ownership, as well as the furnishing of evidence to either effect;
(iv) an indication that the holder transferred, entirely or in part, its business or the relevant goodwill to the new owner, as well as the furnishing of evidence to either effect.
(4) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence, or further evidence where paragraph (1)(c) or (e) applies, be furnished to the Office where that Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in the request or in any document referred to in the present Article.
Article 12
Correction of a Mistake
(1) [Correction of a Mistake in Respect of a Registration]
(a) Each Contracting Party shall accept that the request for the correction of a mistake which was made in the application or other request communicated to the Office and which mistake is reflected in its register of marks and/or any publication by the Office be made by the holder in a communication indicating the registration number of the registration concerned, the mistake to be corrected and the correction to be entered.
(b) Any Contracting Party may require that the request indicate
(i) the name and address of the holder;
(ii) where the holder has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(iii) where the holder has an address for service, such address.
(c) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the request, a fee be paid to the Office.
(d) A single request shall be sufficient even where the correction relates to more than one registration of the same person, provided that the mistake and the requested correction are the same for each registration and that the registration numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in the request.
(2) [Correction of a Mistake in Respect of an Application] Paragraph (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, where the mistake concerns an application or applications, or both an application or applications and a registration or registrations, provided that, where the application number of any application concerned has not yet been issued or is not known to the applicant or its representative, the request otherwise identifies that application as prescribed in the Regulations.
(3) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the request referred to in this Article.
(4) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may reasonably doubt that the alleged mistake is in fact a mistake.
(5) [Mistakes Made by the Office] The Office of a Contracting Party shall correct its own mistakes, ex officio or upon request, for no fee.
(6) [Uncorrectable Mistakes] No Contracting Party shall be obliged to apply paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) to any mistake which cannot be corrected under its law.
Article 13
Duration and Renewal of Registration
(1) [Indications or Elements Contained in or Accompanying a Request for Renewal; Fee]
(a) Any Contracting Party may require that the renewal of a registration be subject to the filing of a request and that such request contain some or all of the following indications:
(i) an indication that renewal is sought;
(ii) the name and address of the holder;
(iii) the registration number of the registration concerned;
(iv) at the option of the Contracting Party, the filing date of the application which resulted in the registration concerned or the registration date of the registration concerned;
(v) where the holder has a representative, the name and address of that representative;
(vi) where the holder has an address for service, such address;
(vii) where the Contracting Party allows the renewal of a registration to be made for some only of the goods and/or services which are recorded in the register of marks and such a renewal is requested, the names of the recorded goods and/or services for which the renewal is requested or the names of the recorded goods and/or services for which the renewal is not requested, grouped according to the classes of the Nice Classification, each group preceded by the number of the class of that Classification to which that group of goods or services belongs and presented in the order of the classes of the said Classification;
(viii) where a Contracting Party allows a request for renewal to be filed by a person other than the holder or its representative and the request is filed by such a person, the name and address of that person.
(b) Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the request for renewal, a fee be paid to the Office. Once the fee has been paid in respect of the initial period of the registration or of any renewal period, no further payment may be required for the maintenance of the registration in respect of that period. Fees associated with the furnishing of a declaration and/or evidence of use shall not be regarded, for the purposes of this subparagraph, as payments required for the maintenance of the registration and shall not be affected by this subparagraph.
(c) Any Contracting Party may require that the request for renewal be presented, and the corresponding fee referred to in subparagraph (b) be paid, to the Office within the period fixed by the law of the Contracting Party, subject to the minimum periods prescribed in the Regulations.
(2) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraph (1) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the request for renewal. In particular, the following may not be required:
(i) any representation or other identification of the mark;
(ii) the furnishing of evidence to the effect that the mark has been registered, or that its registration has been renewed, in any other register of marks;
(iii) the furnishing of a declaration and/or evidence concerning use of the mark.
(3) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office in the course of the examination of the request for renewal where the Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication or element contained in the request for renewal.
(4) [Prohibition of Substantive Examination] No Office of a Contracting Party may, for the purposes of effecting the renewal, examine the registration as to substance.
(5) [Duration] The duration of the initial period of the registration, and the duration of each renewal period, shall be 10 years.
Article 14
Relief Measures in Case of Failure to Comply with Time Limits
(1) [Relief Measure Before the Expiry of a Time Limit] A Contracting Party may provide for the extension of a time limit for an action in a procedure before the Office in respect of an application or a registration, if a request to that effect is filed with the Office prior to the expiry of the time limit.
(2) [Relief Measures After the Expiry of a Time Limit] Where an applicant, holder or other interested person has failed to comply with a time limit (“the time limit concerned”) for an action in a procedure before the Office of a Contracting Party in respect of an application or a registration, the Contracting Party shall provide for one or more of the following relief measures, in accordance with the requirements prescribed in the Regulations, if a request to that effect is filed with the Office:
(i) extension of the time limit concerned for the period prescribed in the Regulations;
(ii) continued processing with respect to the application or registration;
(iii) reinstatement of the rights of the applicant, holder or other interested person with respect to the application or registration if the Office finds that the failure to comply with the time limit concerned occurred in spite of due care required by the circumstances having been taken or, at the option of the Contracting Party, that the failure was unintentional.
(3) [Exceptions] No Contracting Party shall be required to provide for any of the relief measures referred to in paragraph (2) with respect to the exceptions prescribed in the Regulations.
(4) [Fee] Any Contracting Party may require that a fee be paid in respect of any of the relief measures referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(5) [Prohibition of Other Requirements] No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in this Article and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of any of the relief measures referred to in paragraph (2).
Article 15
Obligation to Comply with the Paris Convention
Any Contracting Party shall comply with the provisions of the Paris Convention which concern marks.
Any Contracting Party shall register service marks and apply to such marks the provisions of the Paris Convention which concern trademarks.
Article 17
Request for Recordal of a License
(1) [Requirements Concerning the Request for Recordal] Where the law of a Contracting Party provides for the recordal of a license with its Office, that Contracting Party may require that the request for recordal
(i) be filed in accordance with the requirements prescribed in the Regulations, and
(ii) be accompanied by the supporting documents prescribed in the Regulations.
(2) [Fee] Any Contracting Party may require that, in respect of the recordal of a license, a fee be paid to the Office.
(3) [Single Request Relating to Several Registrations] A single request shall be sufficient even where the license relates to more than one registration, provided that the registration numbers of all registrations concerned are indicated in the request, the holder and the licensee are the same for all registrations, and the request indicates the scope of the license in accordance with the Regulations with respect to all registrations.
(4) [Prohibition of Other Requirements]
(a) No Contracting Party may demand that requirements other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) and in Article 8 be complied with in respect of the recordal of a license with its Office. In particular, the following may not be required:
(i) the furnishing of the registration certificate of the mark which is the subject of the license;
(ii) the furnishing of the license contract or a translation of it;
(iii) an indication of the financial terms of the license contract.
(b) Subparagraph (a) is without prejudice to any obligations existing under the law of a Contracting Party concerning the disclosure of information for purposes other than the recording of the license in the register of marks.
(5) [Evidence] Any Contracting Party may require that evidence be furnished to the Office where the Office may reasonably doubt the veracity of any indication contained in the request or in any document referred to in the Regulations.
(6) [Requests Relating to Applications] Paragraphs (1) to (5) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to requests for recordal of a license for an application, where the law of a Contracting Party provides for such recordal.
Article 18
Request for Amendment or Cancellation of the Recordal of a License
(1) [Requirements Concerning the Request] Where the law of a Contracting Party provides for the recordal of a license with its Office, that Contracting Party may require that the request for amendment or cancellation of the recordal of a license
(i) be filed in accordance with the requirements prescribed in the Regulations, and
(ii) be accompanied by the supporting documents prescribed in the Regulations.
(2) [Other Requirements] Article 17(2) to (6) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to requests for amendment or cancellation of the recordal of a license.
Article 19
Effects of the Non-Recordal of a License
(1) [Validity of the Registration and Protection of the Mark] The non-recordal of a license with the Office or with any other authority of the Contracting Party shall not affect the validity of the registration of the mark which is the subject of the license or the protection of that mark.
(2) [Certain Rights of the Licensee] A Contracting Party may not require the recordal of a license as a condition for any right that the licensee may have under the law of that Contracting Party to join infringement proceedings initiated by the holder or to obtain, by way of such proceedings, damages resulting from an infringement of the mark which is the subject of the license.
(3) [Use of a Mark Where License Is Not Recorded] A Contracting Party may not require the recordal of a license as a condition for the use of a mark by a licensee to be deemed to constitute use by the holder in proceedings relating to the acquisition, maintenance and enforcement of marks.
Article 20
Indication of the License
Where the law of a Contracting Party requires an indication that the mark is used under a license, full or partial non-compliance with that requirement shall not affect the validity of the registration of the mark which is the subject of the license or the protection of that mark, and shall not affect the application of Article 19(3).
Article 21
Observations in Case of Intended Refusal
An application under Article 3 or a request under Articles 7, 10 to 14, 17 and 18 may not be refused totally or in part by an Office without giving the applicant or the requesting party, as the case may be, an opportunity to make observations on the intended refusal within a reasonable time limit. In respect of Article 14, no Office shall be required to give an opportunity to make observations where the person requesting the relief measure has already had an opportunity to present an observation on the facts on which the decision is to be based.
(1) [Content]
(a) The Regulations annexed to this Treaty provide rules concerning
(i) matters which this Treaty expressly provides to be “prescribed in the Regulations”;
(ii) any details useful in the implementation of the provisions of this Treaty;
(iii) any administrative requirements, matters or procedures.
(b) The Regulations also contain Model International Forms.
(2) [Amending the Regulations] Subject to paragraph (3), any amendment of the Regulations shall require three-fourths of the votes cast.
(3) [Requirement of Unanimity]
(a) The Regulations may specify provisions of the Regulations which may be amended only by unanimity.
(b) Any amendment of the Regulations resulting in the addition of provisions to, or the deletion of provisions from, the provisions specified in the Regulations pursuant to subparagraph (a) shall require unanimity.
(c) In determining whether unanimity is attained, only votes actually cast shall be taken into consideration. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(4) [Conflict Between the Treaty and the Regulations] In the case of conflict between the provisions of this Treaty and those of the Regulations, the former shall prevail.
(1) [Composition]
(a) The Contracting Parties shall have an Assembly.
(b) Each Contracting Party shall be represented in the Assembly by one delegate, who may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors and experts. Each delegate may represent only one Contracting Party.
(2) [Tasks] The Assembly shall
(i) deal with matters concerning the development of this Treaty;
(ii) amend the Regulations, including the Model International Forms;
(iii) determine the conditions for the date of application of each amendment referred to in item (ii);
(iv) perform such other functions as are appropriate to implementing the provisions of this Treaty.
(3) [Quorum]
(a) One-half of the members of the Assembly which are States shall constitute a quorum.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if, in any session, the number of the members of the Assembly which are States and are represented is less than one-half but equal to or more than one-third of the members of the Assembly which are States, the Assembly may make decisions but, with the exception of decisions concerning its own procedure, all such decisions shall take effect only if the conditions set forth hereinafter are fulfilled. The International Bureau shall communicate the said decisions to the members of the Assembly which are States and were not represented and shall invite them to express in writing their vote or abstention within a period of three months from the date of the communication. If, at the expiration of this period, the number of such members having thus expressed their vote or abstention attains the number of the members which was lacking for attaining the quorum in the session itself, such decisions shall take effect, provided that at the same time the required majority still obtains.
(4) [Taking Decisions in the Assembly]
(a) The Assembly shall endeavor to take its decisions by consensus.
(b) Where a decision cannot be arrived at by consensus, the matter at issue shall be decided by voting. In such a case,
(i) each Contracting Party that is a State shall have one vote and shall vote only in its own name; and
(ii) any Contracting Party that is an intergovernmental organization may participate in the vote, in place of its Member States, with a number of votes equal to the number of its Member States which are party to this Treaty. No such intergovernmental organization shall participate in the vote if any one of its Member States exercises its right to vote and vice versa. In addition, no such intergovernmental organization shall participate in the vote if any one of its Member States party to this Treaty is a Member State of another such intergovernmental organization and that other intergovernmental organization participates in that vote.
(5) [Majorities]
(a) Subject to Articles 22(2) and (3), the decisions of the Assembly shall require two-thirds of the votes cast.
(b) In determining whether the required majority is attained, only votes actually cast shall be taken into consideration. Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.
(6) [Sessions] The Assembly shall meet upon convocation by the Director General and, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, during the same period and at the same place as the General Assembly of the Organization.
(7) [Rules of Procedure] The Assembly shall establish its own rules of procedure, including rules for the convocation of extraordinary sessions.
Article 24
International Bureau
(1) [Administrative Tasks]
(a) The International Bureau shall perform the administrative tasks concerning this Treaty.
(b) In particular, the International Bureau shall prepare the meetings and provide the secretariat of the Assembly and of such committees of experts and working groups as may be established by the Assembly.
(2) [Meetings Other than Sessions of the Assembly] The Director General shall convene any committee and working group established by the Assembly.
(3) [Role of the International Bureau in the Assembly and Other Meetings]
(a) The Director General and persons designated by the Director General shall participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Assembly, the committees and working groups established by the Assembly.
(b) The Director General or a staff member designated by the Director General shall be ex officio secretary of the Assembly, and of the committees and working groups referred to in subparagraph (a).
(4) [Conferences]
(a) The International Bureau shall, in accordance with the directions of the Assembly, make the preparations for any revision conferences.
(b) The International Bureau may consult with Member States of the Organization, intergovernmental organizations and international and national non-governmental organizations concerning the said preparations.
(c) The Director General and persons designated by the Director General shall take part, without the right to vote, in the discussions at revision conferences.
(5) [Other Tasks] The International Bureau shall carry out any other tasks assigned to it in relation to this Treaty.
Article 25
Revision or Amendment
This Treaty may only be revised or amended by a diplomatic conference. The convocation of any diplomatic conference shall be decided by the Assembly.
Article 26
Becoming Party to the Treaty
(1) [Eligibility] The following entities may sign and, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 28(1) and (3), become party to this Treaty:
(i) any State member of the Organization in respect of which marks may be registered with its own Office;
(ii) any intergovernmental organization which maintains an Office in which marks may be registered with effect in the territory in which the constituting treaty of the intergovernmental organization applies, in all its Member States or in those of its Member States which are designated for such purpose in the relevant application, provided that all the Member States of the intergovernmental organization are members of the Organization;
(iii) any State member of the Organization in respect of which marks may be registered only through the Office of another specified State that is a member of the Organization;
(iv) any State member of the Organization in respect of which marks may be registered only through the Office maintained by an intergovernmental organization of which that State is a member;
(v) any State member of the Organization in respect of which marks may be registered only through an Office common to a group of States members of the Organization.
(2) [Ratification or Accession] Any entity referred to in paragraph (1) may deposit
(i) an instrument of ratification, if it has signed this Treaty,
(ii) an instrument of accession, if it has not signed this Treaty.
(3) [Effective Date of Deposit] The effective date of the deposit of an instrument of ratification or accession shall be,
(i) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (1)(i), the date on which the instrument of that State is deposited;
(ii) in the case of an intergovernmental organization, the date on which the instrument of that intergovernmental organization is deposited;
(iii) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (1)(iii), the date on which the following condition is fulfilled: the instrument of that State has been deposited and the instrument of the other, specified State has been deposited;
(iv) in the case of a State referred to in paragraph (1)(iv), the date applicable under item (ii), above;
(v) in the case of a State member of a group of States referred to in paragraph (1)(v), the date on which the instruments of all the States members of the group have been deposited.
Article 27
Application of the TLT 1994 and This Treaty
(1) [Relations Between Contracting Parties to Both This Treaty and the TLT 1994] This Treaty alone shall be applicable as regards the mutual relations of Contracting Parties to both this Treaty and the TLT 1994.
(2) [Relations Between Contracting Parties to This Treaty and Contracting Parties to the TLT 1994 That Are Not Party to This Treaty] Any Contracting Party to both this Treaty and the TLT 1994 shall continue to apply the TLT 1994 in its relations with Contracting Parties to the TLT 1994 that are not party to this Treaty.
Article 28
Entry into Force;
Effective Date of Ratifications and Accessions
(1) [Instruments to Be Taken into Consideration] For the purposes of this Article, only instruments of ratification or accession that are deposited by entities referred to in Article 26(1) and that have an effective date according to Article 26(3) shall be taken into consideration.
(2) [Entry into Force of the Treaty] This Treaty shall enter into force three months after ten States or intergovernmental organizations referred to in Article 26(1)(ii) have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.
(3) [Entry into Force of Ratifications and Accessions Subsequent to the Entry into Force of the Treaty] Any entity not covered by paragraph (2) shall become bound by this Treaty three months after the date on which it has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.
(1) [Special Kinds of Marks] Any State or intergovernmental organization may declare through a reservation that, notwithstanding Article 2(1) and (2)(a), any of the provisions of Articles 3(1), 5, 7, 8(5), 11 and 13 shall not apply to associated marks, defensive marks or derivative marks. Such reservation shall specify those of the aforementioned provisions to which the reservation relates.
(2) [Multiple-class Registration] Any State or intergovernmental organization, whose legislation at the date of adoption of this Treaty provides for a multiple-class registration for goods and for a multiple-class registration for services may, when acceding to this Treaty, declare through a reservation that the provisions of Article 6 shall not apply.
(3) [Substantive Examination on the Occasion of Renewal] Any State or intergovernmental organization may declare through a reservation that, notwithstanding Article 13(4), the Office may, on the occasion of the first renewal of a registration covering services, examine such registration as to substance, provided that such examination shall be limited to the elimination of multiple registrations based on applications filed during a period of six months following the entry into force of the law of such State or organization that introduced, before the entry into force of this Treaty, the possibility of registering service marks.
(4) [Certain Rights of the Licensee] Any State or intergovernmental organization may declare through a reservation that, notwithstanding Article 19(2), it requires the recordal of a license as a condition for any right that the licensee may have under the law of that State or intergovernmental organization to join infringement proceedings initiated by the holder or to obtain, by way of such proceedings, damages resulting from an infringement of the mark which is the subject of the license.
(5) [Modalities] Any reservation under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) shall be made in a declaration accompanying the instrument of ratification of, or accession to, this Treaty of the State or intergovernmental organization making the reservation.
(6) [Withdrawal] Any reservation under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) may be withdrawn at any time.
(7) [Prohibition of Other Reservations] No reservation to this Treaty other than the reservations allowed under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) shall be permitted.
Article 30
Denunciation of the Treaty
(1) [Notification] Any Contracting Party may denounce this Treaty by notification addressed to the Director General.
(2) [Effective Date] Denunciation shall take effect one year from the date on which the Director General has received the notification. It shall not affect the application of this Treaty to any application pending or any mark registered in respect of the denouncing Contracting Party at the time of the expiration of the said one-year period, provided that the denouncing Contracting Party may, after the expiration of the said one-year period, discontinue applying this Treaty to any registration as from the date on which that registration is due for renewal.
Article 31
Languages of the Treaty; Signature
(1) [Original Texts; Official Texts]
(a) This Treaty shall be signed in a single original in the English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish languages, all texts being equally authentic.
(b) An official text in a language not referred to in subparagraph (a) that is an official language of a Contracting Party shall be established by the Director General after consultation with the said Contracting Party and any other interested Contracting Party.
(2) [Time Limit for Signature] This Treaty shall remain open for signature at the headquarters of the Organization for one year after its adoption.
The Director General shall be the depositary of this Treaty.