Art. 17a Division of an application or registration
1The proprietor of a trade mark may at any time request the division of a registration or an application for registration.2 2The goods and services are divided between the divisional applications or divisional registrations. 3Divisional applications or registrations retain the filing date and priority date of the original application or original registration. 1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 4 Oct. 1996, in force since 1 May 1997 (AS 1997 1028; BBl 1996 II 1425). |