Ordinance
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Art. 22 Exchange of written submissions
1 The IPI shall bring any opposition that is not manifestly inadmissible to the attention of the defendant and shall set a time limit for response. 2 The defendant must submit two copies of the response. 3 In the defendant’s first response, the defendant must invoke any non-use of the opposing party’s trade mark in accordance with Article 12 paragraph 1 TmPA; however, this is only permitted if, at that time, an uninterrupted period of five years has elapsed following the expiry of the opposition period with no opposition having been filed, or upon conclusion of the opposition proceedings.48 4 The IPI may enter into further exchanges of written submissions. 48 Amended by No I of the O of 18 Aug. 2021, in force since 1 Dec. 2021 (AS 2021 510). |