Partijen en gegevens

Until later decision, the Treaty will not be applied to the Faroe Islands or to Greenland.

The Trademark Law Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of Guinea, on November 5, 1996.

A reservation, in accordance with Article 21(1) of the Trademark Law Treaty, that the provisions of Articles 3(1)(a), (1)(b) and (2), 5(1) and (4), 7(2), 11 and 13(1)(a), (1)(c), (2), (4), (6) and (7) shall not apply to defensive marks, and by the declaration referred to in Article 22(6) of the said Treaty.

The Kingdom of Belgium being a Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office, the Trademark Law Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the Kingdom of Belgium, three months after the date on which the instrument of ratification of the last Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office, Luxembourg, has been deposited.

Reservation, pursuant to Article 21(1), that, notwithstanding Article 11, derivative marks or applications for such marks may not be assigned independently but only with the principal mark, the assignment or licence of which shall constitute also that of the marks derived from it.

Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(a), that, notwithstanding Article 3(5), an application may be filed only in respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice Classification;

Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(c), that, notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided;

Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(2), that, notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power [of representation] may only relate to one application or one registration;

Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(5), that, notwithstanding Article 13(4)(iii), the furnishing of a declaration and evidence concerning use of the mark may be required on the occasion of renewal.

Burkina Faso being a Member State of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Burkina Faso, three months after the date on which OAPI deposits its instrument of accession to the said Treaty.

The Grand Dutchy of Luxembourg being the last Member State of the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property to have deposited its instrument of ratification of the Trademark Law Treaty, the said Treaty will enter into force with respect to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe and the Kingdom of Belgium, on the same date.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office with respect to the European part of the Netherlands.

Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) can be, and indeed are, bound to the Treaty without all Benelux States having ratified it.

The Netherlands being a Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office, the Trademark Law Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the Netherlands, three months after the date on which the instruments of ratification of the other two Members States of the Benelux Trademark Office, Belgium and Luxembourg, have been deposited.

For the Republic of Guatemala, pursuant to the provisions of its domestic law, the Treaty shall apply to marks consisting of visible signs, including three-dimensional marks, which relate to products or services, or to both products and services. However, it shall not apply to holograms, sound or scent marks, or collective and certification marks.