S.L. 597.4 Art. 53Effects of an international registration.

(1) An international registration designating Malta shall have the same effects as from the date of the international registration or of the subsequent designation of Malta, as the case may be, as an application for the registration of the mark filed directly with the Comptroller under the Act.

(2) The date of filing would be the date of the international registration where Malta is designated in the international registration or the date of the subsequent designation where Malta is designated subsequently to the international registration.

(3) The indication of classes and goods and services set out in the international registration, in which Malta is designated, shall not bind the Comptroller with regard to the determination of the scope of the protection of the mark.

(4) If no refusal is notified by the Comptroller to the International Bureau in accordance with the Protocol and the Regulations under the Protocol, or if a refusal has been so notified but has been subsequently withdrawn, or if a statement or grant of protection is sent by the Comptroller, the protection of the mark in Malta shall be the same as if the mark had been registered directly by the Comptroller on the date of the international registration or of the subsequent designation of Malta, as the case may be.