A limitation allows you to request protection of the mark in specifically designated Contracting Parties for less than all of the goods/services/classes that will be covered by the international registration. The applicant may request a limitation of the list of goods and/or services, which may affect some or all of the designated Contracting Parties. This does NOT remove the goods and/or services from the international application or affect their ability to be assigned in a subsequent designation. The sole effect is that the international registration does not extend a request for protection for those goods and/or services that are not identified in the limitation into the Contracting Parties identified in the application. The goods and/or services will still be examined by the International Bureau (IB), and, if accepted, published in the International Gazette as part of the international registration. They may be subsequently designated at any time after issuance of the international registration into any of the Contracting Parties.
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