Chapter 4

1. The Office shall examine whether:

1. Where, under Article 7, a trade mark is ineligible for registration in respect of some or all of the goods or services covered by the EU trade…

1. The Office shall, at the request of the applicant for the EU trade mark when filing the application, draw up a European Union search report (‘EU…

1. If the conditions which the application for an EU trade mark is required to satisfy have been fulfilled, the application shall be published for…

1. Any natural or legal person and any group or body representing manufacturers, producers, suppliers of services, traders or consumers may submit to…

1. Within a period of three months following the publication of an EU trade mark application, notice of opposition to registration of the trade mark…

1. In the examination of the opposition the Office shall invite the parties, as often as necessary, to file observations, within a period set by the…

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 208 specifying the details of the procedure for filing and examining…

1. The applicant may at any time withdraw his EU trade mark application or restrict the list of goods or services contained therein. Where the…

1. The applicant may divide the application by declaring that some of the goods or services included in the original application will be the subject…

1. Where an application meets the requirements set out in this Regulation and where no notice of opposition has been given within the period referred…