Commentaries: Art. 48

If an application filed with the IPI does not fulfil the formal requirements of the TmPA, this Ordinance or the Common Regulations to the Madrid Agreement of 18 January 1996¹and the Madrid Protocol, or if the prescribed fees are not paid, the IPI shall set the applicant a time limit to remedy the deficiency.²
If the applicant does not remedy the deficiency within the time limit, the IPI shall refuse the application. The IPI may set further time limits in exceptional cases.

SR 0.232.112.21 ↩
Amended by No I of the O of 22 Jan. 1997, in force since 1 May 1997 (AS 1997 865). ↩

Art. 48