Instruction On Design Registration

Order N03 of the Chairman of Legal Entity of Public Law

National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti

December 14, 2011, Tbilisi

On Approval of Instruction on “Design Registration”

In accordance with Article 35 of the “Law of Georgia on Design”,

1.         The attached “Instruction on Design Registration” shall be approved;

1¹. Form of application on design registration shall be approved (Annex №1).

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2.         The Order shall enter into force after its publication.

Instruction “On Design Registration”

Chapter I

General Provisions



Article 1. Field of Regulation of the Instruction

The Instruction is developed in accordance with the “Law of Georgia on Design” and it regulates drawing up, filing, examination and registration procedures of a design application.

Article 2. Definition of Terms

Terms used in the Instruction shall have the following meaning:

a) Law – the “Law of Georgia on Design”;

b) National Intellectual Property Center - Sakpatenti (hereinafter referred to as Sakpatenti) - Legal Entity of Public Law defined by the “Patent Law of Georgia”;

c) Bulletin - Official Bulletin of Industrial Property;

d) Register - Register of Industrial Property;

d¹) WIPO – the World Intellectual Property Organization;

d²) Hague Agreement –the Geneva Act of July 2, 1999 of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs;;

e) International Code - Two-digit number code adopted by the Data Identification International Treaty and approved by WIPO Standard ST.80;

f) Country Code - Two-digit code approved by WIPO Standard ST.3, corresponding to the names of countries, intergovernmental and other organizations;

g) Prescribed fee – fee approved by the Resolution of the Government of Georgia №182 of July 3, 2010, “On Approval of Fees for the Service Related with Patenting, Registration and Deposition of Intellectual Property Subject-Matters”

h) Day – Working day;

i) International Bulletin – Official publication in which the International Bureau of the WIPO publishes information on registration of international designs according to the Hague Agreement;

j) WIPO Digital Access Service “DAS” (hereinafter referred to as “DAS”) – the electronic system of WIPO, allowing priority documents provided for by the Paris Convention to be exchanged securely between the participating intellectual property offices;

k) International Classification for Designs (hereinafter – the Locarno Classification) – the international classification adopted by the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs signed on October 8, 1968.

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Chapter II

Application Form and Filing Rule

Article 3. Application

1. An application on design registration (hereinafter referred to as - application) shall be filed with Sakpatenti in accordance with the rule prescribed by Article 11 of the Law and by this Instruction.

2. Application materials shall be filed with Sakpatenti on paper or using Sakpatenti electronic filing system (hereinafter referred to as the electronic system) -https://online.sakpatenti.gov.ge/.

2¹. In case of filing application materials on paper, the request shall be submitted on the special form of request, approved by the Chairman of Sakpatenti, according to the rule prescribed by Article 5 of this Instruction, and in case of filing using the electronic system, applications materials shall be filed using Sakpatenti electronic filing system.

2². In case of filing application materials with Sakpatenti on paper, documents of all types within the proceedings shall be sent to the applicant on paper.

2³. In case of filing application materials with Sakpatenti using the electronic system, documents of all types within the proceedings shall be sent to the applicant through Sakpatenti electronic system and shall be regarded as delivered as soon as it is reflected in the system. From this moment the computation of periods stipulated by the legislation for all relevant subsequent actions shall start. 

2⁴. After electronic filing of an application with Sakpatenti, if the applicant requests continuation of proceedings on paper, from the day of such a request the reduction on fees related with electronic proceedings provided for by the legislation shall no longer apply to the application, if such a reduction exists. 

2⁵.  After filing of an application with Sakpatenti on paper, the applicant may request continuation of proceedings electronically. In this case the reduction on fees related with electronic proceedings provided for by the legislation shall not apply to the application, if such a reduction exists. 

2⁶. To inform additionally, a short text message may be sent to the applicant concerning the actions related with the application.

3. The rule of proceedings provided for in Paragraphs 22 and 23 shall also apply to the proceedings after registration of the design. 

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Article 4. Application Form and Attached Materials

1. An application shall include:

a) A request on design registration (hereinafter - application);

b) View of the design;

2. An application, in addition may contain:

a) Description of a design, having only explanatory character. It may describe the view of the design and the peculiarities of the features of the view in words;

b) Document certifying priority, if the convention or exhibition priority is requested.

3. If the applicant is successor of the designer, at the time of filing or within two months from the filing date, a document certifying assignment shall be attached to the application.

3¹. If creation of the design is linked with carrying out of official duties or fulfillment of an order and the applicant is at the same time the contractor or employer, the applicant shall not be obliged to submit a document certifying assignment specified in Paragraph 3 of this Article.

4. If an application is filed by a representative of the applicant, at the time of filing or within two months from the filing date, a document certifying representation shall be attached to the application.

5. If an application is filed by a co-designer, the application shall be accompanied by the duly certified written consent of the co-designers, unless otherwise provided in the agreement between them. In this case, a certified copy of the agreement shall be attached to the application.

6. To the application documents, filed in a foreign language, within two months from the filing date, a duly certified Georgian translation shall be attached. Otherwise, the materials shall not be considered filed.

7. If an applicant benefits from the reduced fee, approved by the Resolution of Government of Georgia, the document certifying this status shall be submitted within 2 weeks from the application filing date.

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Article 4¹. Appointment of a Representative

1.         Upon or after filing an application with Sakpatenti, the applicant is entitled to appoint a representative on the basis of a written power of attorney. 

2.         In case of appointment of a representative, Sakpatenti shall send all documents intended for the applicant to the representative.

3.         A power of attorney issued to the representative shall contain:

a)         the name and surname (title), legal address of the principal, as well as in case of a physical person – the personal number of the principal and attorney, and in case of a legal entity – the identification number;

b)         the scope of authority of the representative;

c)         the date and place of drawing up the power of attorney;

d)         the signature of the principal;

e)         the term of validity of the power of attorney. If the term is not indicated, the power of attorney shall be valid until termination of authority of the principal. 

4.         the power of attorney shall be formed, in accordance with the legislation of the country where it is drawn up.

5.         A foreign applicant having no permanent residence in Georgia or registered without an address, within 15 days from the request of Sakpatenti shall appoint as a representative a capable person registered at a definite address in Georgia, to whom all documents intended for the applicant shall be sent. A foreign applicant shall issue a power of attorney to a representative in person or through a duly authorized trustee. If the applicant fails to comply with the requirement of this paragraph, Sakpatenti shall take a decision on termination of the application proceedings. In addition, Sakpatenti assumes no responsibility for sending the decision on the termination of the application proceedings to the party..

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Article 5. Rule of Filling out a Request

1.         Repealed (13.09.2021 №4).

2. The request shall be made in the Georgian language in printed form.

3. The request shall include:

a) Name(s) of the applicant(s) (international code -71) and personal number; or the name of the legal entity and identification number in case of a legal entity;

b) Address or the permanent residence of the applicant, indicating the country code of the applicant; address of the legal entity, indicating the country code of the legal entity in case of a legal entity;

c) Request on the registration of the design;

d) Request for the establishment of priority, for which the applicant shall fill the appropriate box by “X” for the requested priority;

e) Number of the first application (international code - 31), the filing date of the first application (international code - 32) and the code of the country/office receiving the first application (international code - 33) in case of requesting conventional priority;

f) Date of the presentation of the design at the exhibition (international code - 23) in case of requesting exhibition priority;

g) Product name which contains a design or for which it must be used (international code - 54);

h) Number of designs filed by one application (international code - 28);

i) Address for correspondence in Georgia, full name or title of addressee, phone number, e-mail address and fax number (international code - 98);

j) Name/title, address, telephone, e-mail of the representative (international code – 74), if the application is filed by a representative;k) Name(s) and address(es) of designer(s) with the indication of country code in the appropriate box;

l) An indication whether the creation of the design is linked with carrying out of official duties or fulfillment of an order;

m) Relevant indication if the applicant is at the same time an employer or contractor;n) List of attached documents with the indication of number of copies and pages;

4. repealed.

5. When an applicant requests postponement of publication, he (she) shall tick the appropriate box by “X” and indicate the time limit of publication postponement in months, not exceeding 30 months after filing the application or the priority date. In case of a multiple application, the applicant shall indicate in the application the designs for which postponement is requested.

6. If an applicant requests accelerated registration, he (she) shall tick the appropriate box by “X”.

7. The form shall be signed and dated by the applicant or representative by the date of signature, indicating the full name of the signatory.

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Article 6. Product Name and Classification

1. The product name shall be phrased in a way to correspond to its essence and purpose and to classify the product in only one class under the Locarno Classification. In addition, it shall correspond to the relevant title of the list of this class.

2. The name shall not contain indication of the quality of the product.

3. The name shall not include in addition words explaining the product, the special name, separate letters and numbers.4. Information on the name and classification index has no influence on the scope of protection.

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Article 7. View of the Design

1. The view of a design shall be in the form of a graphic or photographic image and shall comply with the following requirements:

a) Each page shall be white, opaque, of standard A4 size (29.7 cm X 21 cm); and the space used for the image shall not exceed 26.2 cm X 17 cm. At least 2.5 cm margin shall be left on the left side;

b) The view shall be suitable for publication, well-defined, having such a quality to identify all the details of the object for which protection is requested;

c) The view shall be performed on a neutral background and can be black-and-white or color;

c1) The views of 1 design shall not be presented in different formats;

d) The view shall be performed in the same scale. Some details can be shown zoomed in;

e) Size of each perspective of the image shall not exceed 16X16 cm and shall not be less than 3X3 cm;

f) The view shall not contain an inscription of explanatory nature or other element that is not a part of the design to be protected;

g) The view shall not be presented in the form of technical drawings.

2. If the application consists of several designs, the applicant shall number each of them in succession in Arabic numerals.

3. In case if the number of perspectives of the design is more than one, numerals shall be added to the corresponding number of the design, separated by point, where the numeral on the left side of the point designates the design number, and the numeral on the right side of the point designates the number of the perspective.

4. The part of the design for which protection is not requested shall be represented in the view by broken line or by colour  shading or blurring. If protection is requested only for a part of the design, it shall be permissible to indicate it on the view of the design by delimiting the boundaries of this part. The mentioned cases shall also be indicated in the description of the design.

5. The inside part of the product, which is not visible from outside, shall be shown by colon, between the broken lines.

6. If an application is related to the design which includes repeated pictures on a surface, the view shall reflect the whole picture and the surface on which the picture shall be repeated.

7. If an application is related to the design which represents a typographic font, its view shall contain all letters of the alphabet and all Arabic numerals. At the same time, it is permissible to present a five-strophe text in which this font is used in the form of letters as well as numerals. The font size shall be 16.8. If the design belongs to a composite product, one of the perspectives of the view shall reflect it in the assembled condition.

9. If a design represents a set of the products, interrelated by aesthetic and functional compatibility, it shall be presented in the form of one view. Along with this, each product incorporated in it shall be depicted separately. All products, presented as one design, shall enjoy common protection.

10. In case of filing an application on paper, the view shall be presented on paper in one copy, in addition, it is allowed to submit another copy of the view in electronic form in the “JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)” format. In case of electronic filing of the application, the maximum size of the uploaded view shall be 5 MB, and resolution within 100-300 dpi.

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Article 8. The Product Sample

1. The submission of a product sample is allowed if a two-dimensional design is submitted for registration and the applicant requests postponement of the publication.

2. The sample of the product shall be submitted in two copies and its size shall not exceed 26.2 cm X17 cm.

3. If the design represents repeated pictures, the sample shall reflect the whole picture and a sufficient part of the repeated surface, allowing perception in length and width.

4. A sample shall not be perishable or dangerous for storing.



Article 9. Multiple Application

1. A multiple application may include no more than 100 designs belonging to one class of the International Classification.

2. The applicant shall number the views of the design given in the multiple application in accordance with Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7 of this Instruction.

3. If it is identified that the designs united in a multiple application do not belong to one class of the International Classification, a notification on identification of the shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. The applicant shall divide the application and file a separated application with Sakpatenti within one month period after receiving the notification.

4. If an applicant does not comply with the requirements of Paragraph 3 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall:

a) Examine only the designs falling under the International Classification class, indicated in the application;

b) Determine International Class of one of the designs, if the applicant does not indicate the class of the International Classification and shall consider only those designs which fall under the class of the selected design, and shall not consider designs which do not fall under the class determined by Sakpatenti.

5. The multiple application fees shall be paid for each design submitted in the application.

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Article 10. Unified Application

1. Filing of a unified application is possible if the designs included into it fall under one class of the International Classification for Designs.

2. A unified application shall be filed with Sakpatenti before the decision is taken on the design registration.

3. The scope of the unified application shall not exceed the scope of incorporated applications.

4. For all designs contained in the unified application corresponding priority shall be preserved.

5. The unified application shall be considered as a new application and the proceedings for each application existing before the unification shall be terminated.

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Article 11. Separated Application

1. Filing of a separated application is allowed before the decision is taken on the design registration.

2. The scope of the separated application shall not exceed the scope of the application it was separated from.

3. The proceedings on the application from which application(s) were separated shall be continued, and for the design contained in the separated application the priority of the application from which it was separated shall be preserved.

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Article 12. Filing of an Application

1. Upon filing an application with Sakpatenti, the application materials shall be assigned an identification number and receipt date.

 2. At the moment of filing an application, the certificate shall be issued containing the data stipulated in Paragraph 1 of this Article, as well as the number and views of submitted designs. The certificate does not represent the document confirming the filing date.

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Article 13. Claiming Priority

1. The applicant is entitled to claim conventional or exhibition priority upon filing an application with Sakpatenti, or within one month from the filing, but no later than completion of the examination as to form, in addition, he/she shall pay the fee prescribed for claiming conventional or exhibition priority. At the time of filing an application, the time limit defined by Article 13 of the Law shall be met.

2. Within 3 months from the date of claiming the conventional priority, the applicant shall submit a copy of the first application certified by the receiving office, accompanied by a duly certified Georgian translation.

2¹. A certified copy of the first application may also be submitted to Sakpatenti using the “DAS”. In this case the applicant shall submit to Sakpatenti the relevant “DAS” code and a duly certified Georgian translation of the document made available in “DAS”.

3. Within 3 months from the date of claiming exhibition priority, the applicant shall submit a certified document confirming the participation in the exhibition issued by the person responsible for the exhibition, accompanied by a duly certified Georgian translation.

4. The opening date of the exhibition shall be indicated in the document and it shall prove the fact of displaying a product in which the design is incorporated or for which it is used.

5. If the applicant claiming conventional or exhibition priority does not submit documents stipulated in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the application priority shall be determined according to the date of filing with Sakpatenti.

6. An application shall not be refused in determination of conventional priority on the ground that a design registration was refused in the country where the first application was filed or in another country or on the ground that the registration is cancelled.

7. If the applicant does claim conventional or exhibition priority, the application priority shall be determined according to the date of filing with Sakpatenti.

8. In case of a multiple application, claiming for relevant conventional and exhibition priority for each design incorporated in the application is permitted.

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Chapter III

Rule of Carrying out Examination of an Application

Article 14. Examination of an Application

1. Examination of an application filed with Sakpatenti shall be carried out in accordance with Article 14-17 of the Law.

2. The notifications sent to the applicant shall halt the examination terms before receiving a reply.

3. For the purposes of this Article, the terms established for actions related to the application (except confirming the filing date) shall be counted from the day of payment of the prescribed fee.

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Article 15. Confirmation of the Filing Date

1. The filing date of the application shall be confirmed within 2 weeks from filing, if the application is filed in the Georgian language in electronic or material form and contains a view of the design, the name/title of the applicant and the correspondence address.

2. If the requirements of Paragraph 1 of this Article are fulfilled, a sample of the design may be submitted instead of the view of the design, if the design is two-dimensional and the applicant is requesting postponement.

3. The view will not be considered submitted, if it is not clearly expressed, due to which perception of the design is impossible.

4. If the application complies with the requirements stipulated in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall confirm the date of filing of the application in accordance with the date of submission of the application materials.5. If the application does not meet the requirements stipulated in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, a notification shall be sent to the applicant and within one month of its receipt the applicant shall submit the requested materials. In case of fulfillment of this request, the date of the fulfillment shall be considered as the date of filing an application. Otherwise, an application shall not be regarded as filed and a decision is taken concerning leaving the application materials without consideration.

6. The decision on confirming the filing date of the application or on leaving the application materials without consideration shall be sent to the applicant.



Article 16. Examination as to Form

1. Sakpatenti shall carry out examination as to form within one month after the confirmation of the filing date, but not earlier than one month from the date of filing the application, if the prescribed fee for examination as to form is paid.

2. The fee for examination as to form shall be paid within two weeks after the filing date.

3. Non-payment of the prescribed fee within the term stipulated in Paragraph 2 shall entail termination of the application proceedings.

4. If an application includes several designs and the fee paid for the examination as to form is less than the prescribed fee for the designs included, the notification on identification of the shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. Within one month from the receipt of the notification, the applicant shall pay the prescribed fee fully or shall indicate which designs shall be considered within the scope of the paid fee.

5. If the applicant fails to comply with the requirements provided for in Paragraph 4 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall carry out examination as to form in the sequence indicated by the applicant for such quantity of designs for which the paid fee is sufficient. If the convention and/or exhibition priority is claimed, the established fee shall be paid within 2 weeks from the date of claiming the priority, otherwise, the priority of the application shall be established by the date of its filing with Sakpatenti.

6. In the process of examination as to form the compliance of the application materials with the requirements of Article 16 of the Law and relevant articles of this instruction shall be checked.

7. If the application materials do not meet the requirements stipulated in Paragraph 6 of this Article, a notification on identification of the shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. Within one month of the receipt of the notification, the applicant shall remedy the identified shortcoming, otherwise the application proceedings shall be terminated and the decision about the termination shall be sent to the applicant.

8. In case of a multiple application, if a shortcoming is identified with respect to a design (designs) incorporated in the application and the shortcoming is not remedied within the prescribed time limit, proceedings shall be terminated with respect to this design.

9. If the application is filed in accordance with the Law and this Instruction, a number and priority shall be assigned to the application and a decision on the completion of examination shall be taken.

10.The decision about completion of the examination as to form shall be sent to the applicant.

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Article 17. Substantive Examination

1. Within three months after the completion of the examination as to form, Sakpatenti shall carry out substantive examination in accordance with Article 17 of the Law, after the payment of the fee prescribed for the substantive examination.

2. The prescribed fee for substantive examination shall be paid within two months after the receipt of the decision about the completion of examination as to form by the applicant. Otherwise the application proceedings shall be terminated.

3. If the application includes several designs and the fee paid for the substantial examination is less than the prescribed fee for the designs included, a notification on identification a shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. Within one month from the receipt of notification, the applicant shall pay the fee prescribed for substantive examination fully or shall indicate which designs shall be considered in the process of substantive examination.

4. If the applicant does not comply with the requirements under Paragraph 3 of this Article, Sakpatent” shall carry out substantive examination in sequence for such quantity of designs for which the paid fee is sufficient.

5. The substantive examination proceedings of an application may be suspended by Sakpatenti, if there are reasonable grounds to assume that the design submitted by the application is identical with a design submitted by an application with earlier priority.

6. In case of Paragraph 5 of this Article, proceedings of the application shall be suspended until the design submitted by the application having earlier priority is published in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property or if registration of the application with earlier priority is refused.

7. The relevant notification about the suspension of the application proceedings shall be sent to the applicant.

8. The decision on the design registration or refusal of registration shall be sent by Sakpatenti to the applicant.



Article 18. Design Publication

1. Sakpatenti, in cases provided for in the Paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 19, shall publish the application data and the view of the design in the Bulletin within one month from taking the decision on the design registration, if the prescribed fee is paid.

2. The applicant shall pay the publication fee within one month from taking the positive decision on the design registration, otherwise the proceedings shall be terminated.

3. If an application includes several designs and the fee paid for publication is less than the fee prescribed for publication of the included designs, a notification on identification of a shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. Within one month from the receipt of the notification, the applicant shall pay the prescribed fee or shall indicate which design shall be published.

4. If the applicant does not comply with the requirement stipulated by Paragraph 3 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall publish in sequence such quantity of designs for which the paid fee is sufficient.



Article 19. Postponement of Publication

1.         It is allowed to submit a request for postponement of a design publication before taking a decision on registration. the overall term of postponement of publication shall not exceed term provided for in Article 18(1) (b) of the Law.

1¹. Within one month from submitting a request for postponement of a design publication the prescribed fee shall be paid, otherwise, the request shall not be considered.

2. If several priorities have been determined for an application, the postponement term shall be calculated from the earliest priority.

3. In case of a multiple application, the applicant shall indicate for which design postponement of the publication is requested.

4. Proceedings of the application for which the postponement is requested are carried out according to the rule prescribed by the Law. This rule applies also in case when according to Article 8(1) of this Instruction a sample of the product is submitted instead of a view.

5. If postponement of publication is requested for a design, in case of taking a positive decision on the registration, the name of the applicant, application filing date, application number and date of exhaustion of postponement shall be published in the Bulletin and the note shall be made about the postponement.

6. After the expiration of the term of postponement of a design, in case of taking a positive decision on registration, if the prescribed fee is paid by the applicant, Sakpatenti shall publish the application data in the Bulletin, in accordance with Article 18.

7. The applicant may cancel the postponement of publication and may request design publication, within no less than 3 months before the expiration of publication term.

8. If a sample of product is submitted in accordance with Article 8 of this Instruction, within no less than 3 months before the expiration of the term of postponement, the applicant shall submit the design view according to rule under Article 7 of this Instruction, otherwise Sakpatenti shall take a decision about the termination of proceedings.

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Article 20. Making Changes and/or Amendments to Application Materials upon the Applicant’s Request

1. The applicant is entitled to make changes and/or amendments in application materials during the proceedings on the application.

2. Changes and/or amendments in application materials can be made only upon the applicant’s written request.

3. Changes and/or amendments concerning the design view, product name and description or the data of the claimed priority shall be allowed before the completion of the examination as to form, if such an action does not change the scope of the design protection.

4. Changes and/or amendments concerning the name and address of the applicant, designer or representative are allowed both on the stage of the proceedings and after the registration.

4¹. In case of requesting the change provided for under Paragraph 4 of this Article, a document certifying the change shall be submitted to Sakpatenti. It the request is submitted by a representative, a document certifying authority of representation shall be submitted.

5. Changes and/or amendments stipulated in Paragraph 3 of this Article shall be made free of charge.

6. Changes and/or amendments stipulated in Paragraph 4 of this Article shall be made free of charge before the completion of examination as to form and after the completion of examination as to form, the changes and/or amendments shall be made after payment of a prescribed fee.

6¹. For the actions provided for under this Article, the fee shall be paid within one month from requesting the change, otherwise, the request shall not be considered.

6². On the stage of proceedings as well as after the registration, in case of change of the mailing address no fee shall be paid. 

7. Correction of mechanical errors on any stage of the examination is allowed without payment of fee.

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Article 21. Requesting Additional Materials, Making Changes and Amendments by Sakpatenti

1. Sakpatenti is authorized to request from the applicant to submit additional materials, make changes and/or amendments to the application, without which it is impossible to continue further consideration of the application.

2. For actions stipulated in Paragraph 1 of this Article no fee shall be paid by the applicant.

3. The applicant shall submit the relevant materials within one month after receiving the request from Sakpatenti.

4. After payment of the prescribed fee, the applicant is entitled to request extension of the term stipulated in Paragraph 3 of this Article for one month in succession, but not exceeding 2 months.

5. Additional materials submitted by the applicant, which supplements, changes or specifies the application, shall not go beyond the scope of the design protection, otherwise the mentioned materials shall not be considered, concerning which the notification shall be sent to the applicant.

6. In case of failure to comply with the requirement provided for in Paragraph 1 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall take a decision on termination of the proceedings on the application at the stage of examination as to form, and a decision on refusal of registration – at the stage of substantive examination.7. In case of a multiple application, the decision referred to in Paragraph 6 of this Article may apply to one or several designs incorporated in it.

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Article 22. Suspension of the Application Consideration

1. After payment of the prescribed fee, before the publication of the design under Paragraph 1 of Article 18 of this Instruction, the applicant is entitled to request suspension of the consideration of the application for one month in succession, but not exceeding 6 months.

2. The right stipulated in the Paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply to the submission of the materials requested by Sakpatenti at the time of the confirmation of the filing date, and the extension of the terms defined for payment of the fee prescribed by this Instruction.

3. Within 1 month from submitting the request for suspension of the consideration of the application the prescribed fee shall be paid. Otherwise, the request for suspension of the consideration of the application shall not be considered.

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Article 23. Reinstatement of Rights Related to the Application, Lost due to the Failure to Meet the Deadline

1. If the application proceedings are terminated due to the failure to meet the deadline by the applicant, established by the Law and this Instruction, the applicant is entitled to request resuming the proceedings.

2. The applicant is entitled to enjoy the right stipulated in Paragraph 1 of this Article within 6 months from taking a decision on the termination of proceedings by Sakpatenti, in case of elimination of the reason of the termination of proceedings and payment of the relevant fee.

3. Sakpatenti shall consider the request for resuming proceedings within 1 month after its receipt and, if it meets the requirements specified in Paragraph 2 of this Article, shall take a decision on resuming the application proceedings. The fee for the resuming proceedings shall be paid within 1 month from submission of the request for resuming, otherwise, the request shall be left without consideration.

4. Within 6 months after the termination of proceedings, in order to renew the proceedings, only the proceedings renewal fee shall be paid. If the proceedings were terminated due to non-payment of the fee for the relevant action, the fee prescribed for the relevant action shall also be paid together with the proceedings renewal fee.

Article 24. Withdrawal of the Application

1. Before the publication of the design, the applicant is entitled to withdraw the application.

2. On the basis of the request for the application withdrawal, Sakpatenti shall take the decision on the termination of the application proceedings.

2¹. The Application shall be deemed withdrawn from the date of entry of the decision on the termination of the application proceedings in the Register.

3. In case of withdrawal of the application, renewal of the application proceedings is not allowed.

4. In case of a multiple application, Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article may apply to one or several designs incorporated in the application. 

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Article 25. Requesting a Certified Copy of the Application

1.         After the confirmation of the application filing date, the applicant is entitled to request a certified copy of the application.

2. Within one month from submitting the request for a certified copy of the application materials, the prescribed fee shall be paid.

3. The certified copy shall be issued by Sakpatenti within ten days after the payment of the fee prescribed by Paragraph 2of this Article.

4.         Upon the applicant’s request, Sakpatenti may also issue the certified copy of the application materials using the “DAS”. 

5.         In case of failure to pay the fee prescribed by Paragraph 2 of this Article, the request shall not be considered. 

6.         The certified copy shall be reflected in the electronic system. It may be issued on paper upon the applicant’s request.



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Article 26. Examination of an International Design

1. In accordance with the rule prescribed in Article 25 of the Law and this Instruction, Sakpatenti shall carry out substantive examination on the international design within 3 months after the publication of the design in the International Bulletin.

2. In case of taking a decision on refusal on extension of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Law, Sakpatenti shall notify the International Bureau within 6 months after the publication of the design in the International Bulletin.

3. If the international design satisfies requirements provided for by Article 25 of the Law, Sakpatenti shall take the decision on the extension of the validity of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia and within 1 month after taking the decision shall publish the application data and the view of the design in the Bulletin.4. repealed.

5. An interested person is entitled to appeal against the decision taken by Sakpatenti on the extension of an international design registration to the territory of Georgia in accordance with Article 20 of the Law.

6. If within the term determined by Paragraph 5 of Article 20 of the Law, the decision on extension of a international design registration to the territory of Georgia was not appealed against, the registration of the international design shall enter into force on the territory of Georgia from the date of the international registration.

6¹. Sakpatenti shall notify the International Bureau of its decision on the extension of the validity of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia within 6 months from the date of publication of the International Designs Bulletin.

7. If within the term determined by Paragraph 5 of Article 20 of the Law, the decision on extension or refusal of extension of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia was appealed against  in the Chamber of Appeals or in the court, on the basis of which,  by the legally enforced decision of the Chamber of Appeals or the court, the international design registration was extended to the territory of Georgia, the registration shall enter into force on the territory of Georgia from the international registration date.

8. In case provided for by Paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article, the information on the extension of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia shall be published in the Bulletin within one month.

9. Repealed (13.09.2021 №4).

9¹. If the owner pays the fee determined by the legislation, Sakpatenti shall extend the validity of the international registration to the territory of Georgia and publish the information in the Bulletin within 1 month from the date of taking the decision on extension of the registration validity.

10. Sakpatenti shall enter the information on the cancellation of the extension of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia on the basis of Article 28 (1)(a) and (b) of the Law in the electronic system and publish in the Bulletin. 

11. Sakpatenti shall enter the information on the invalidation of the extension of the international design registration to the territory of Georgia on the basis of the court decision in the electronic system, publish in the Bulletin and notify the International Bureau.

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Article 26¹. Filing an International Application Through Sakpatenti

1.         The applicant is entitled to file an application for the purpose of international registration of a design to the International Bureau of WIPO through Sakpatenti.

2.         In case of filing an application through Sakpatenti, the applicant shall apply to Sakpatenti with a relevant request and file an international application, which consists of a duly filled out application form (DM/1) approved by WIPO and an image of the design. If the application is filed by a representative, the application materials shall be accompanied by a document certifying the authority of representation. 3

3.         The filed international application shall comply with the requirements of the Hague Agreement. 

4.         In case of filing an application through Sakpatenti, the application shall be filled out in the English language and the fee prescribed under the Hague Agreement shall be paid to the International Bureau.

5.          In case of filing an application through Sakpatenti, a certificate shall be issued in the name of the applicant on the receipt of the application materials, in which the number of pages of the application materials and the date of filing shall be indicated.

6.         Within ten days from the receipt of an international application, Sakpatenti shall check the amount of the paid fee and the compliance of the application materials with the requirements of the Hague Agreement.

7.         If an application fails to comply with the requirements of this Article, a notification shall be sent to the applicant on remedying the identified shortcoming within one month. If the shortcoming is remedied, the date of remedying the shortcoming shall be deemed as the filing date of the application materials. 

8.         If the shortcoming referred to in Paragraph 7 of this Article is not remedied within the specified term, the application shall not be considered.

9.         If an international application complies with the requirements of this Article, Sakpatenti shall ensure its sending to the International Bureau, within one month from filing application materials with Sakpatenti or the date of remedying a shortcoming.

10.        Sakpatenti shall notify the applicant on the fact of sending the international application to the International Bureau within 5 days from sending.

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Chapter IV

Design Registration

Article 27. The Rule of Design Registration and Issuing a Certificate

1.         In case of the payment of the fee by the applicant, in accordance with Article 21 of the Law, Sakpatenti shall register the design in the Register and publishes the data in the Bulletin.

2.         The notification about payment of the fee for the design registration shall be sent by Sakpatenti to the applicant, within one month, in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 21 of the Law. 

3.         The fee prescribed for the registration and maintenance of the design registration for the first 5 years shall be paid by the applicant simultaneously, within one month from the receipt of the notification by delivering to the applicant the notification provided for in Paragraph 2 of this Article. In case of failure to pay the fee, the application proceedings shall be terminated. 

4.         If the application contains several designs and the fee paid for the registration and maintenance of the design registration for the first 5 years is less than the amount of the fee prescribed for the registration and maintenance of the design registration for the first 5 years, a notification on the shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant. Within one month from its receipt, the applicant shall pay fully the fee prescribed for the registration and maintenance of the design registration for the first 5 years or indicate which design shall be registered.

5.         In case if the applicant does not fulfill the request provided for by Paragraph 4 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall register in sequence the quantity of designs included in the application for which the paid fee is sufficient.

6. Within one month after the date of the design registration Sakpatenti shall issue a certificate, signed by the Chairman of Sakpatenti and verified by the seal.

6². The design registration certificate, together with the certificate annex, shall be reflected in the electronic system and, in case of conducting proceedings on the application in material form, it shall be transferred to the owner in material form, and in case of electronic proceedings, it shall be  issued in material form upon the request of the owner, within 5 days from the request/issuing of the certificate.

6¹. The form of a design registration certificate shall be approved by the Chairman of Sakpatenti.

6². The certificate of a design registration shall be reflected in the electronic system and, in case of application proceedings are carried out on paper, it is handed over to the holder on paper, and in case of electronic proceedings, it shall be issued on paper upon the request of the holder within 5 days from requesting.

7. Sakpatenti shall publish the data on the designs which were published, but were not registered.

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Article 27¹.Accelerated Design Registration

1. The procedure of accelerated design registration is carried out in accordance with the rule prescribed by Article 22 of the Law and this Instruction.

2. For the application with the request of accelerated registration the filing date shall be confirmed and examination as to form shall be carried out within three days from the filing of the application, if the fee prescribed for the accelerated registration is paid.

3. If an application is filed in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Law and this Instruction, Sakpatenti shall take a decision on the completion of examination as to form.

4. If an application fails to comply with the requirements provided for by Paragraph 5 of Article 22, a notification on identification of the shortcoming shall be sent to the applicant and 15 days from the receipt of the notification shall be given to remedy the shortcoming. If the applicant does not remedy the identified shortcoming within the given term, Sakpatenti shall take the decision on the refusal of the accelerated examination and shall consider the application in accordance with the Law and Chapter 3 of this Instruction.

5. In case provided for by Paragraph 4 of this Article, if Sakpatenti takes a decision on the refusal of the accelerated examination, 50% of the prescribed fee, paid for the accelerated registration, shall be returned to the applicant.

6. Within 7 days after the completion of the examination as to form, Sakpatenti shall carry out substantive examination in accordance with Article 17 of the Law, as a result of which it shall take a decision on the design registration or refusal to register the design.

7. If the fee prescribed for design publication and registration is paid, Sakpatenti shall register the design in the Register, publish the data on the registered design in the Bulletin and issue the certificate within one month after taking the positive decision on the accelerated registration according to Paragraphs 6-62 of Article 27 of this Instruction.

8. In case provided for by Paragraph 8 of Article 22 of the Law, the fee paid for the accelerated registration shall not be returned.

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Article 27². Preliminary Search

1.         Any interested person shall have the right to apply to Sakpatenti to receive the preliminary search service in order to determine whether a design identical to a particular design is protected in Georgia by registration with Sakpatenti or by extension of the validity of an international design registration.

2.         To receive the preliminary search service, through 1 application, the view(s) of only 1 design for search shall be submitted to Sakpatenti and the fee established by the legislation aw shall be paid.

3.         The fee for preliminary search shall be paid within 1 month from the date of submission of the request, otherwise, the request shall be left without consideration,

4.         During conducting preliminary search, Sakpatenti shall take into consideration the designs submitted to Sakpatenti the data of which are already published in the Bulletin, as well as the designs registered with the International Bureau with a request for extension of rights to the territory of Georgia.

5.         Sakpatenti shall send the results of preliminary search to the applicant within 10 days after payment of the established fee.

Article 27³. Registration in a Modified Form

In case the criteria provided for in Article 20(42) (a) and (b) of the Law, in accordance with Paragraph 41 of the same Article, Article 221(7) and Article  29 (11), the data on the registration of the design in a modified form shall be entered in the Register and within 1 month after taking the decision shall be published in the Bulletin.”.

Article 28. The Rule of Payment of Fee

1. Unless otherwise provided for by the Law or this Instruction, the fee shall be paid within the month after the receipt of the corresponding request from Sakpatenti.

2. For the actions provided for by the Law, requested by the applicant, the design owner or/and a third party, the fee shall be paid within one month from of applying to Sakpatenti with a request for such an action, otherwise, the request shall not be considered.

3. The term prescribed for payment of the fee shall not be extended, except the case provided for by this Instruction.

4. If the fee is paid for an action which was not fulfilled, on the basis of a relevant request, Sakpatenti shall return the paid amount.

5. If the application is filed by several applicants to one of whom the discount on the fees provided for by the Law does not apply, the fee for the corresponding action shall be paid without the discount.

6. If the application is filed by several applicants and different kind of discounts applies to them, the fee shall be paid for which the discount with less percentage is provided for.

7. The fee by the applicant shall be paid by cashless payment, to the treasury account of Sakpatenti.

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Article 29. repealed

Article 30. Maintenance of Design Registration and Fee for Maintenance of  Registration

1. A design registration may be maintained for the second, third, fourth and fifth five-year periods. Sakpatenti shall maintain the design registration upon the request of the design owner on the basis of a request submitted to Sakpatenti, after payment of the prescribed fee. 

1¹. The request referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall contain the name of the owner, the design registration number, and if the registration contains more than one design – indication of the designs for which maintenance of registration is requested.

1². Payment of the fee for maintenance of the registration by the applicant shall be deemed as a request for maintenance of the registration if the document confirming the payment of the fee reflects all the data specified in Paragraph 1¹.”.

2. The request referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be submitted to Sakpatenti and the prescribed fee shall be paid within the 5th year of the current 5-year period. 3. 3 months before the expiration of the current five-year period, Sakpatenti is entitled to send the owner, as additional information, a notification requesting the fee referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article. The failure to deliver to the owner the above-mentioned notification shall not affect the decision of cancellation of the design registration.

4.  The fee for maintenance of the design registration for the subsequent five-year period shall be paid within one month from submitting the request referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article to Sakpatenti, otherwise, the request shall not be considered.

5. In case of non-payment of the fee for maintenance of the design registration for the second, third, fourth and fifth five-year periods within the term provided for by Paragraph 2 of this Article, the applicant is given a six-month grace period for payment of the fee, which covers the first six months from expiration of the current five-year period of the maintenance of the design registration.

6. If the fee is not paid by the owner within the grace period provided for by Paragraph 5 of this Article, the design registration shall be cancelled.

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Article 31. (Repealed)

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Article 32. Actions in the Register

1.         The owner of the design is entitled, upon submission of an appropriate request and payment of a prescribed fee, to request making a change in the Register. The change be related to the name and/or address of the designer, owner or his/her representative. The fee prescribed for changing the name and/or address of the designer or owner shall be paid within 1 month from the submission of the request, otherwise, the request shall be left without consideration.2.   In case of requesting the amendment referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, a document certifying the amendment shall be submitted to Sakpatenti. If the request is submitted by a representative, a document certifying representation, issued by the owner, shall be submitted to Sakpatenti.

3.         In case of the change of the representative, it is necessary to submit a document certifying new representation, issued by the owner.

4.         In case of applying to Sakpatenti with a request of registration of agreements on transfer of rights, license or pledge, the agreement concluded between the parties shall be submitted.  If the application is submitted by a representative, along with the agreement, a document certifying representation, issued by one of the parties shall also be submitted.

5.         The fee prescribed for the reflection of the actions mentioned in Paragraph 4 of this Article in the Register shall be paid within one month from submitting the request, otherwise, the request shall not be considered. 

6.         In case of applying to Sakpatenti with a request of registration of seizure, a document issued by the relevant authority or the court shall be submitted. 

7.         If the submitted documentation does not meet the requirements set forth in this Article, a notification shall be sent to the owner requesting to remedy the shortcoming within one month. In case of non-compliance with this request, the owner’s request shall not be considered. 

8.         Sakpatenti within one month from the submission of the request shall enter the relevant amendment in the Register and publish them in the Bulletin. 

9.         In case of extension, cancellation or invalidation of the design registration, Sakpatenti shall enter relevant amendments in the Register and publish them in the Bulletin. 

10. In case of a change made in the Register, in accordance with Paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article, an annex to the certificate shall be issued.  The annex shall be printed on the form approved by the Chairman of Sakpatenti, shall be signed by the Chairman of Sakpatenti and certified with a seal. The annex of the certificate shall be reflected in the electronic system and, in the case of proceedings of the request in material form, shall be transferred to the owner in material form, and in case of electronic proceedings, it shall be issued in material form upon the request of the owner, within 5 days from submitting the request.Order № 4 of the Chairman of Legal Entity of Public Law - National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti of September 13, 2021 – website, 14.09.2021.

Article 33.  Issuance of a Duplicate 

1.         If the design owner or his/her representative submits a request to Sakpatenti and pays the prescribed fee, it is permissible to issue a design certificate duplicate.

2.         A duplicate shall be issued only if the registration of the design is valid. 

3.         If the application is submitted by a representative, along with the request, a document certifying representation, issued by the owner shall also be submitted.

4.         The fee prescribed for requesting a duplicate shall be paid within one month from submitting the request, otherwise, the request shall not be considered.

5.         Sakpatenti shall issue a duplicate within ten days after the payment of the prescribed fee.

6.         A design certificate duplicate shall be issued in the form specified in Paragraph 61 of Article 27, according to the data available in the Register for the period of issuance f this duplicate and shall be certified by the stamp “duplicate” in the upper right corner.

7.         The duplicate shall be reflected in the electronic system and, in the case of proceedings of the request on paper, shall be handed over to the owner on paper, and in case of electronic proceedings, it shall be issued to on paper upon the request of the owner, within 5 days from submitting the request.

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Article 34. Extract from the Register

1.         Any person, upon submitting a request to Sakpatenti, is entitled to request an extract from the Register.

2.         A prescribed fee shall be paid for obtaining an extract from the Register. The fee shall be paid within one month after submission of a request to Sakpatenti, otherwise, the request shall not be considered. 

3.         The extract shall be issued with the signature of an authorized person within 10  days from payment of the fee and shall be reflected in the database in electronic form. It shall be issued on paper upon the request of the applicant. 

4.         Extract from the Register shall contain the following data:

a)         application number;

b)         application filing date;

c)         registration number;

d)         name and surname (title) of the design owner(s);

e)         name and surname (title) of a representative;

f)          name and surname of the designer(s);

g)         International Classification Index;

h)         product title;

i)          priority data;

j)          image of the design;

k)         number and date of publication of the application in the Bulletin;

l)          number and date of publication of the registration in the Bulletin;

m)        registration validity starting date;

n)         registration status;

o)         the date of expiry of the current five-year period of the registration 

validity;

p)         information on amendments entered in the Register, transfer of rights, granting of a license, pledge, seizure and other actions.

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Chapter V

Re-examination of a Design

Article 35. Right to Request Re-examination

1.   An interested party shall have the right during the validity period of a design registration to request conducting re-examination for the purpose of declaring the design registration invalid.

2.   Re-examination of a design may also be requested by an interested party after revocation of the design registration or expiration of the registration term.

3.   An interested party shall be refused re-examination if a court dispute is I progress concerning the given design.

Article 36. Request for conducting re-examination

1.   A request for re-examination shall contain:

a)   the name/title, personal number/identification number (if any), address and other contact details of the person submitting the request;

b)   the design registration number and other identifying information regarding the registration for which re-examination is requested;

c)   If the registration contains several designs, the design number for which re-examination is requested.

2.   The request shall be accompanied by the documents specified in Article 22¹(2) of the Law.

3.   If re-examination is requested by a representative, it shall be accompanied by a document (power of attorney) issued by the applicant. The power of attorney shall be drawn up in accordance with the legislation of the country in which it is drawn up. A power of attorney issued by a natural person on the territory of Georgia shall be notarized. A power of attorney issued by an organization shall be certified by the head of the relevant organization or other authorized person.

Article 37. Subject of the Application

1.   A request for re-examination may be related to only one registration.

2.   If the registration contains several designs, the application for re-examination may be related to one or several designs included in it.

Article 38. Payment of the Fee and the Form of Submission

1.   The fee prescribed by the legislation shall be paid within 2 weeks from the date of submission of the request for conducting re-examination to Sakpatenti, otherwise, the request shall be left without consideration.

2.   The request may be submitted in material form as well as through the electronic system of Sakpatenti.

3.   When submitting the request in electronic form, all documents shall be sent to the applicant through the Sakpatenti electronic system, and shall be considered delivered to him/her upon their reflection in the electronic system.

Article 39. Creation of the Expert Panel

1.   Within 5 working days after payment by the applicant of the fee specified in Article 38(1) of the Law, the Chairman of Sakpatenti by an order shall create an Expert Panel (hereinafter – the Panel) to conduct a re-examination.

2.   The Panel shall consist of 3 members, 2 of whom shall be staff members of the Department of Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Design of Sakpatenti.

3.   A member of the Panel may not be a person who:

a) is a relative of the interested party and/or his/her representative;

 b) is the interested party in this case;

c) is related with the interested party by common rights or obligations;

d) participated in conducting examination of the application and/or taking the decision.

4.   The Panel shall have a secretary, who shall be appointed from the staff members of the Legal Department of Sakpatenti. The secretary of the Panel shall ensure sending of the correspondence related to the proceedings, as well as the decision(s) adopted by the Panel to the parties.

Article 40. Informing the Parties and Conducting Re-examination

1.   Upon receipt for consideration of the request specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article, Sakpatenti shall send it to the design owner and for submission of a written response shall set a 2-week period from the date of delivery of the request.

2.   Within 1 month from expiration of the period provided for in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Panel shall conduct re-examination.

Article 41. Decision and its Publication

1.   On the basis of the results of re-examination, the Panel shall, on behalf of Sakpatenti, take a decision on refusal of invalidation of the registration or on  full or partial invalidation of the registration.

2.   Within 1 month from the date of taking the decision Sakpatenti shall publish the information on full or partial invalidation of the registration in the Bulletin and register it in the Register.

3.   If the decision of Sakpatenti on full or partial invalidation of the registration or on refusal of full or partial invalidation is appealed in accordance with the rule established by the legislation of Georgia, Sakpatenti shall publish in the Bulletin the information that the decision is appealed, and shall make an indication in the Register about appealing of this decision.

4.   Upon the entry into legal force of the court decision, in accordance with the same decision, Sakpatenti shall publish the information in the Bulletin.