The application for the registration of a trademark shall be completed on a standard form approved by the State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) and shall be filed in 2 copies by the applicant or its representative. The application shall relate to a single trademark. Where the documents are not completed in the national language, the translation thereof shall be submitted within 2 months from the filing date of the application.

An applicant shall be the natural or legal person or the group of natural or legal persons in the name of which the application for the registration of a trademark is submitted.