The procedural provisions contained in this chapter regarding the process of classification, examination, maintenance, and/or renewal of the trademark registration, shall apply to any application for registration of a mark submitted after the effective date of Act No. 169.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this chapter, whether substantive or procedural, that may, in any way, benefit the principal registrant or owner of a mark, may be claimed in due time by such principal registrant or owner of the mark as of the effective date of this act.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 32; July 12, 2011, No. 124, § 13.