Article 68
(1) Oppositions made as per Article 67 shall be examined by the Board.
(2) The applicant’s opinion shall be taken at the stage of examination of the oppositions made against decisions given pursuant to Article 64, if necessary.
(3) Objections made as per second paragraph of Article 67 shall be notified to the applicant in order that he can state his opinions. The board may request the opposing party to submit the additional information and documents in order to deliver within one month after the notification date. If requested additional information and documents shall not be submitted to the Office in time, the objection shall be examined in the scope of existing information and documents.
(4) If it is determined that there are deficiencies in the application in the scope of provisions of Article 64 and the regulation during the duration of objection or at the stage of examination of the objection, operations shall be maintained starting from stage that has not been completed and decisions taken shall be published in the Bulletin, if necessary.
(5) If objection made under the second paragraph of Article 67 shall be accepted, registration of the design shall be deemed invalid. If an objection made for a part of the design as per the second paragraph of Article 64 for unauthorized use of intellectual property right shall be accepted, only that part of the registration shall be deemed invalid. At the end of partial invalidation, remaining part shall meet the conditions related to protection and keep the design identity to ensure the continuity of registration. At the stage of examination of multiple applications, design registrations not forming the subject of objection, but understood to be deemed invalid pursuant to additional documents attached to the objection, shall ex-officio be deemed invalid in accordance with procedures specified in paragraph three.
(6) If registration shall be decided to be invalid under this Article, invalidity results specified in Article 79 enter into force. Invalidity decision shall be published in the Bulletin.