Common use of Cancellation of Recording; Effective Date of Cancellation Clause in Contracts

Cancellation of Recording; Effective Date of Cancellation. (a) Any recording under paragraph (4)(a) shall be cancelled where cancellation is requested in a communication signed by the applicant, holder or representative. The recording shall be cancelled ex officio by the International Bureau where a new representative is appointed or, in case a change in ownership has been recorded, where no representative is appointed by the new holder of the international registration. (b) Subject to subparagraph (c), the cancellation shall be effective from the date on which the International Bureau receives the corresponding communication. (c) Where the cancellation is requested by the representative, it shall be effective from the earlier of the following: (i) the date on which the International Bureau receives a communication appointing a new representative; (ii) the date of the expiry of a period of two months counted from the receipt of the request of the representative that the recording be cancelled. Until the effective date of the cancellation, all communications referred to in paragraph (5)(b) shall be addressed by the International Bureau to both the applicant or holder and the representative. (d) The International Bureau shall, upon receipt of a request for cancellation made by the representative, notify accordingly the applicant or holder, and add to the notification copies of all communications sent to the representative, or received by the International Bureau from the representative, during the six months preceding the date of the notification. (e) The International Bureau shall, once the effective date of the cancellation is known, notify the cancellation and its effective date to the representative whose recording has been cancelled, to the applicant or holder and, where the appointment of the representative had been presented through an Office, to that Office. COMMON REGULATIONS 81 (f) Cancellations at the request of the holder or the holder’s representative shall also be notified to the Offices of the designated Contracting Parties.