Rule 122

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1. An application for conversion of an international registration designating the European Community into a national trade mark application pursuant to Articles 108[deleted, editor IP-PorTal] and 154 of the Regulation shall contain:

(a) the registration number of the international registration;

(b) the date of the international registration or the date of the designation of the European Community made subsequently to the international registration pursuant to Article 3 ter (2) of the Madrid Protocol and, where applicable, particulars of the claim to priority for the international registration pursuant to Article 154(2) of the Regulation and particulars of the claim to seniority pursuant to Articles 34, 35 and 148 of the Regulation;

(c) the indications and elements referred to in Rule 44(1)(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f).

 

2. Where conversion is requested pursuant to Article 108(5) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] and 154 of the Regulation following a failure to renew the international registration designating the European Community, the application referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain an indication to that effect, and the date on which the protection has expired. The period of three months provided for in Article 108(5) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] of the Regulation shall begin to run on the day following the last day on which the renewal may still be effected pursuant to Article 7 (4) of the Madrid Protocol;

 

3. Rules 45, 46(2) (a) and (c), and 47 shall apply mutatis mutandis.