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Dez 15, 2022 (Newsletter Issue 18/22)
Belize
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Accession to Madrid Protocol


On 24 November 2022, the Government of Belize deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol, containing the following:

- the declaration extending the refusal period to 18 months (Article 5(2)(b) of the Madrid Protocol);
- the declaration indicating that Belize wishes to receive an individual fee when it is designated in an international application, in a subsequent designation and in respect of the renewal of an international registration (Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid Protocol). The amounts of that individual fee will be the subject of a separate information notice;
- the notification indicating that Belize requires, when it is designated under the Madrid Protocol, a declaration of intention to use the mark (Rule 7(2) of the Regulations under the Madrid Protocol);
- the notification indicating that the recording of licenses in the International Register shall have no effect in Belize (Rule 20bis(6)(b) of the Regulations under the Madrid Protocol);
- the notification indicating that the Office of Belize will not present to WIPO requests for the division of an international registration in respect of Belize because its law does not provide for the division of registrations of a mark (Rule 27bis(6) of the Regulations under the Madrid Protocol);
- the notification indicating that the Office of Belize will not present to WIPO requests for the merger of international registrations resulting from division because the law of Belize does not provide for the merger of registrations of a mark (Rule 27ter(2)(b) of the Regulations under the Madrid Protocol).

The Madrid Protocol will enter into force in Belize on 24 February 2023.

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Source: www.wipo.int