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Paragraph 3 Judicial notice

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(1)

Judicial notice shall be taken of the following—

(a)

the Madrid Protocol and the Common Regulations;

(b)

copies issued by the International Bureau of entries in the International Register;

(c)

copies of the periodical gazette published by the International Bureau in accordance with rule 32 of the Common Regulations.

(2)

Any document mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be admissible as evidence of any instrument or other act of the International Bureau so communicated.

(3)

Where in relation to the international registration a right of priority was claimed on the basis of a Convention application, the transformation application shall have the same right of priority.