Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 1° of Article R. 712-17, they shall be resumed, at the request of one of the parties or, where applicable, at the initiative of the Institute, once registration of the trademark, geographical indication or approval or amendment of the specification of the geographical indication has been noted.
Where opposition proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 2° and 3° of Article R. 712-17, they shall be resumed at the request of one of the parties transmitting to the Institute the decision which is no longer subject to appeal.
The parties shall be notified of the resumption of proceedings without delay. 712-17, it shall be resumed at the request of one of the parties forwarding to the Institute the decision which is no longer subject to appeal.
The resumption of the procedure shall be notified without delay to the parties by the Institute, with an indication of a resumption date.
Where the opposition is based on several earlier rights and one of them falls within the case cited in 4° of Article R. 712-18 or the effects of one of them have ceased, the opposition proceedings shall be deemed not to be based on that right and shall resume on the basis of the remaining rights only.
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