If this takes place, the application will automatically have details of applicant and product removed before being passed to the expert group for comment. The applicant may, alternatively or subsequently, invoke a Formal Appeal. Both the Anonymous Review and the Formal Appeal processes are defined in the Trademark License Agreement. Note that if an expert group has already reviewed the request, a second review is unlikely to produce a different result. Electronic request arrives at The Open Group.
Request is routed to a technical expert for assessment.
Expert's response is returned to The Open Group. The Open Group decides to grant or refuse the request. Where The Open Group considers the request could be controversial it initiates a full Anonymous Review process and informs the applicant. The applicant may request Anonymous Review or Formal Appeal. An Anonymous Review requires 14 working days for completion during which the Product Registration application is suspended and the applicant notified of the delay.