How to respond to
a “Notification of Provisional Refusal”
issued by the JPO under the Madrid System
The JPO does not accept the indications of goods and services in the left column of the following table. Because The JPO thinks that the scope of the indication of goods and services is too vague.
The indications in the right column of the following table are examples of acceptable indications proposed by the JPO.
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Class |
Unacceptable indications of the class headings |
Examples of acceptable indications of goods and services |
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40 |
Sporting and cultural activities. |
Sporting activities; organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes; zoological gardens; reference libraries of literature and documentary records; art exhibitions; gardens for public admission |
