The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to refer to the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde, on April 6, 2022, of its instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989 ("Madrid Protocol (1989)"). (See Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 235, dated April 6, 2022, for ease of reference.)
In this respect, the Director General of WIPO has the honor to notify that the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde has deposited, on June 26, 2023, the following declarations:
- in accordance with Article 5(2)(b) of the Madrid Protocol (1989), the time limit for a notification of refusal in respect of international registrations made under the Madrid Protocol will be 18 months; and
- in accordance with Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid Protocol (1989), the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde, in connection with each international registration in which it is mentioned under Article 3ter of the said Protocol, and in connection with the renewal of any such international registration, wants to receive, instead of a share in the revenue produced by the supplementary and complementary fees, an individual fee.
The declarations will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of Cabo Verde, on September 26, 2023.
June 26, 2023