Article 23
(1) The term of protection for registered trademark is ten years from the date of application. This term shall be renewed for periods of ten years.
(2) Request for renewal needs to be made by the trademark proprietor within six months before the expiry of the protection date and the information regarding the payment of the fee needs to be submitted to the Office within the same period. In case no request is made or the information regarding payment of the renewal fee is not submitted to the Office within this period, renewal request may be made within six months after the expiry of the protection date, provided that an additional fee is paid.
(3) The trademark may be renewed for a part of the goods or services within the scope of its registration.
(4) The request of any of the companies included in the group shall be sufficient for the renewal of a collective trademark.
(5) Renewal shall take effect from the day following the date on which the previous registration expires. The renewal shall be recorded in the registry and published in the Bulletin.