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Article 89
The transfer of ownership, the right of disposal or the mortgage of a mark shall not be valid
towards a third party, unless such has been duly recorded in the register and published in the Official
Gazette in the manner prescribed in the Regulations.
Article 90
The period of protection conferred by the registration of the mark is 10 years, renewable for an
identical period or periods upon request of its owner and every time within the last year of the
protection period, against payment of the fees due for the initial registration application.
The owner of the mark may request the renewal of the protection period within six months
after the date of its expiry against payment of the prescribed fees and a supplement prescribed by the
Regulations not exceeding 500 pounds, failing which the Department shall proceed to cancel the
said mark from the register.
Article 91
The competent court may, upon request by any interested party, issue an enforceable decision
to cancel the registration if it appears to the court that the mark has not been seriously used for a
period of five consecutive years.
Article 92
A cancelled mark may be re-registered - in favour of its owner exclusively - within three years
from the date of the cancellation, according to the prescribed conditions and same procedure of
registration and against payment of a fee prescribed by the Regulations not exceeding 1,000 pounds.
After the lapse of the said period, a mark may be re-registered for the benefit of its owner or a
third party, in connection with the same products, under the same conditions, procedures and fees of
the initial application for registration.
However, where the cancellation is in response to an enforceable court order invalidating the
registration of a mark, such a mark may be registered in favour of a third party soon after the
cancellation.
Article 93
Extension, renewal, cancellation or reinstatement of the registration shall be published in the
Trademark and Industrial Designs Gazette in the manner prescribed by the Regulations.
Article 94
The Department, or any interested party, may, in cases other than provided for in Article 85,
submit to the competent court a request for the addition of any entry which would have been
omitted, or to delete or modify any entry incorrectly inscribed therein or contrary to the truth.