Rule 44

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(1) An application for conversion of a Community trade mark application or a registered Community trade mark into a national trade mark application pursuant to Article 108 [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] of the Regulation shall contain:
(a) the name and the address of the applicant for conversion in accordance with Rule 1(1)(b);
(b) the filing number of the Community trade mark application or the registration number of the Community trade mark;
(c) the indication of the ground for conversion in accordance with Article 108(1)(a) or (b) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] of the Regulation;
(d) the specification of the Member State or the Member States in respect of which conversion is requested;
(e) where the request does not relate to all of the goods and services for which the application has been filed or for which the trade mark has been registered, the application shall contain an indication of the goods and services for which conversion is requested, and, where conversion is requested in respect of more than one Member State and the list of goods and services is not the same for all Member States, an indication of the respective goods and services for each Member State;
(f) where conversion is requested pursuant to Article 108(6) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] of the Regulation, the application shall contain the indication of the date on which the decision of the national court has become final, and a copy of that decision; that copy may be submitted in the language in which the decision was given.


(2) The application for conversion shall be filed within the relevant period pursuant to Article 108(4), (5) or (6) [deleted, editor IP-PorTal] of the Regulation. Where conversion is requested following a failure to renew the registration, 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 request for renewal can be presented pursuant to Article 47(3) of the Regulation