Commentaries: Art. 51

If the opposition is based on an international registration which is the subject of a provisional refusal of protection by the IPI, the IPI may suspend the decision on the opposition until a final decision on the refusal of protection has been taken.
If the international registration lapses and a conversion into a national application for registration is possible in accordance with Article 46a TmPA, the IPI may suspend the decision on the opposition until the conversion has taken place.¹

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

Art. 51