• Pursuant to notification no. 63/2020 issued by the Ministry of Commerce on last 28th August 2020, exercise of § 93 (A) of the Trademark Law 2019, provided that all trademarks owner previously registered under Registration Law at the Office of the Registrar of Deeds (ORD) can be re-registered or file their old trade marks via WIPO online filing system.
• Submission of old trade marks application can be file through WIPO filing  applicable account users through trademark service companies or law firms or legal service providers.
• The applicants will require to submit following documents for filing of old trademarks;
  1. Previously registered trademarks at ORD;
  2. Registered document registered at ORD (true copy);
  3. Cautionary notice issued at local newspaper or public announcement;
  4. Evidence of use of the marks within the market;
  5. Evidence of advertisement of owned marks for promotion;
  6. Tax or Expense receipt;
  7. Evidence of the name change or transferred from the original owners of the trademarks previously registered at the ORD;
  8. Other supporting evidences.
• According to such notification, submission of filling are applicable starting from 1st October 2020 via WIPO online filing system.

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