Article 14

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1.   Where the application for registration of a transfer relates only to some of the goods or services for which the mark is registered, the applicant shall distribute the goods or services in the original registration between the remaining registration and the application for partial transfer so that the goods or services in the remaining registration and the new registration do not overlap.


2.   The Office shall establish a separate file for the new registration, which shall consist of a complete copy of the file of the original registration, including the application for registration of the partial transfer and the correspondence relating thereto. The Office shall assign a new registration number to the new registration.


3.   Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purposes of an application to record a transfer of an EU trade mark application. The Office shall assign a new application number to the new EU trade mark application.