P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 223e
Once an application which meets the requirements of § 223b of this title has been filed, and the corresponding fees have been paid, the Secretary shall proceed to record the date and time of receipt and shall examine the application.
(a) If the registration of the mark is rejected, the Secretary shall notify the applicant, stating the reasons for the rejection.
(b) If the registration of the mark is approved, the Secretary shall notify the applicant for the latter to publish, once (1) in a newspaper of daily general circulation in Puerto Rico or in any other media outlet, as provided by the Secretary through regulations, a public notice stating the intent to register the mark. The public notice shall contain the name of the applicant, address, name of the mark, code of the class under which the application is filed, and a warning stating that any person injured by the application for registration shall have thirty (30) days to oppose to the same, following the process to be established by the Secretary.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 7; July 12, 2011, No. 124, § 4.