Paragraph 3 Division or merger of basic application or basic registration
This paragraph applies where the registrar submits an application to the International Bureau in accordance with paragraph 1 and—
the basic application is divided into two or more applications; or
two or more basic applications or basic registrations are merged into a single application or registration.
Where, before the end of the relevant period, a basic application is divided or two or more basic applications or basic registrations are merged, the registrar shall notify the International Bureau and shall indicate—
the number of the international registration or, where the mark has not been registered, the number of the basic application;
the name of the applicant or the holder of the relevant trade mark; and
the number of each application resulting from the division or the number of the application or registration resulting from the merger.
The relevant period is the period of 5 years beginning with the date of the international registration.