Ordinance
on the Protection of Trade Marks and
Indications of Source¹
(TmPO)

¹ The IPI shall de­cide wheth­er the ap­plic­a­tion for in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion or the amend­ment of an in­ter­na­tion­al re­gis­tra­tion meets the re­quire­ments un­der the TmPA, this Or­din­ance and the Geneva Act and its Reg­u­la­tions.

² If an ap­plic­a­tion does not meet the re­quire­ments or if the pre­scribed fees have not been paid, the IPI shall set the ap­plic­ant a time lim­it to rem­edy the de­fi­ciency.

³ If the ap­plic­ant does not rem­edy the de­fi­ciency with­in the time lim­it, the ap­plic­a­tion shall be re­fused. The IPI may set fur­ther time lim­its in ex­cep­tion­al cases.