No. 2 Trademarks FOURTH SCHEDULE 41 s. 61 INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS UNDER THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS PARAGRAPHS PART 1__PRELIMININARY 1. Interpretation 2. Language of communication PART II__APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION 3. Application and examination of international application in respect of which the Trademarks Office is the office of generation 4. Verification of particulars in an application 5. Certification 6. Handling fee 7. Ceasing of effect of basic application or basic registration PART III__INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION IN RESPECT OF WHICH MALAWI IS DESIGNATED AS A CONTRACTING PARTY 8. Statement of grant of protection 9. Provisional refusal of protection 10. Advertisement and opposition of application 11. Provisional refusal based on an opposition 12. Final decision following notification of a provisional refusal 13. Further decision affecting protection of a mark 14. Effect of international registration 15. Invalidation of international registration 16. Recordings in the International Register 17. Collective and certification marks 18. Replacement of registration 19. Transformation 20. Regulations on the international registration of marks 21. Conflict between this Act and the Madrid Protocol PART 1__PRELIMININARY In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires__ “applicant” means a natural person or legal entity in whose name an international application is filed; “basic application” means an application for registration of a mark, filed with the Registrar under the Act, and which is used as 1. Interpretation