MADRID AGREEMENT AND PROTOCOL PROVISIONAL REFUSAL OF PROTECTIONProvisional Refusal of Protection • July 31st, 2009
Contract Type FiledJuly 31st, 2009This form is to be used in the following situation: the Office considers that protection cannot be granted in the Contracting Party concerned (ex officio provisional refusal) or protection cannot be granted in the Contracting Party concerned because an opposition has been filed, or both. In due course, once all the procedures before the Office have been completed, the Office shall send to the International Bureau a statement regarding the final disposition on the status of the mark, using Model Forms 5 or 6, as the case may be.