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ARTICLE-15: Protectable Subject Matter [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Paragraph
1 shall not be understood to prevent a Member from denying
registration of a trademark on other grounds, provided that they do
not derogate from the provisions of the Paris Convention (1967).
...
... 5. Members
shall publish each trademark either before it is registered or
promptly after it is registered and shall afford a reasonable
opportunity for petitions to cancel the registration. In addition,
Members may afford an opportunity for the registration of a trademark
to be opposed. ...
ARTICLE-18: Term of Protection [go to this ARTICLE]
... Initial
registration, and each renewal of registration, of a trademark shall
be for a term of no less than seven years. The registration of a
trademark shall be renewable indefinitely. ...
ARTICLE-22: Protection of Geographical Indications [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. A
Member shall, ex officio if its legislation so permits or
at the request of an interested party, refuse or invalidate the
registration of a trademark which contains or consists of a
geographical indication with respect to goods not originating in the
territory indicated, if use of the indication in the trademark for
such goods in that Member is of such a nature as to mislead the
public as to the true place of origin. ...
... 2. The
registration of a trademark for wines which contains or consists of a
geographical indication identifying wines or for spirits which
contains or consists of a geographical indication identifying spirits
shall be refused or invalidated, ex officio if a Member's
legislation so permits or at the request of an interested party, with
respect to such wines or spirits not having this origin. ...
ARTICLE-24: International Negotiations; Exceptions [go to this ARTICLE]
... measures
adopted to implement this Section shall not prejudice eligibility for
or the validity of the registration of a trademark, or the right to
use a trademark, on the basis that such a trademark is identical
with, or similar to, a geographical indication. ...
... 7. A
Member may provide that any request made under this Section in
connection with the use or registration of a trademark must be
presented within five years after the adverse use of the protected
indication has become generally known in that Member or after the
date of registration of the trademark in that Member provided that
the trademark has been published by that date, if such date is
earlier than the date on which the adverse use became generally known
in that Member, provided that the geographical indication is not used
or registered in bad faith. ...