The Trademark Appeals Commission will not hear any cases in the month of January, and possibly beyond, as it goes through an internal re-organisation.
The Directorate-General of Intellectual Property is arranging a reshuffle at the TMAC. The Chief and some TMAC members will be replaced in coming weeks, and until the new lineup is installed the TMAC will not hear any appeals.
Article 33(3) of the Trademark Law (No. 15 of 2001) states that TMAC members may serve a term of three years. Reshuffles occur as these terms expire.
The TMAC hears appeals from decisions of the Trademark Office in the substantive examination of trademark applications.