Trade Marks

Cap. 257 · Revised Edition 2020 · 83 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3The Registrar
s. 4Powers and duties of the Registrar
s. 5Information about applications and registered trade marks
s. 6Rectification or correction of the register
s. 7Adaptation of entries to new classification
s. 8Power of Registrar to award costs and require security
s. 9Exclusion of liability in respect of official acts
s. 10Registrar’s annual report
s. 11The Journal
s. 12Application for registration
s. 13Date of filing
s. 14Classification of trade marks
s. 15Examination of application
s. 16Publication, opposition proceedings and observations
s. 17Withdrawal, restriction or amendment of application
s. 18Registration
s. 19Registration; supplementary provisions
s. 20Duration of registration
s. 21Renewal of registration
s. 22Alteration of registered trade mark
s. 23Registered trade mark
s. 24Rights conferred by registered trade mark
s. 25Infringement of registered trade marks
s. 26Limits of effect of registered trade mark
s. 27Exhaustion of rights conferred by registered trade mark
s. 28Registration subject to disclaimer
s. 29Nature of registered trade mark
s. 30Co-ownership of registered trade mark
s. 31Assignment, etc., of registered trade mark
s. 32Registration of transactions affecting registered trade mark
s. 33Trusts and equities
s. 34Application for registration of trade mark as an object of property
s. 35Absolute grounds for refusal of registration
s. 36Specially protected emblems
s. 37Relative grounds for refusal of registration
s. 38Meaning of “earlier trade mark”
s. 39Raising of relative grounds in case of honest concurrent use
s. 40Power to require that relative grounds be raised in opposition proceedings
s. 41Licensing of registered trade mark
s. 42Exclusive licence
s. 43General provisions as to rights of licencees in case of infringement
s. 44Exclusive licensee having rights and remedies of assignee
s. 45Surrender of registered trade mark
s. 46Revocation of registration
s. 47Grounds for invalidity of registration
s. 48Effect of acquiescence of earlier trade mark
s. 49Action for infringement
s. 50Order of erasure, etc., of offending sign
s. 51Order for delivery up of infringing goods, material or articles
s. 52Meaning of “infringing goods, material or articles”
s. 53Period after which remedy for delivery up not available
s. 54Order as to disposal of infringing goods, material or articles
s. 55Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
s. 56Claim to priority of Convention application
s. 57Collective marks
s. 58Certification marks
s. 59Application of treaties
s. 60The Paris Convention
s. 61Protection of well known trade mark: Article 6bis of Paris Convention
s. 62National Emblems, etc., of Convention countries: Article 6ter of Paris Convention
s. 63Emblems, etc., of certain international organisations: Article 6ter of Paris Convention
s. 64Notification under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention
s. 65Acts of agent or representative: Article 6septies of the Paris Convention
s. 66Judicial notice of certain treaties
s. 67Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity
s. 68Certificate of validity of contested registration
s. 69Registrar’s appearance in proceedings involving the register
s. 70Appeals from decisions of the Registrar
s. 71Power of Minister to make Rules
s. 72Hours of business of Intellectual Property Office
s. 73Agents
s. 74Provision restricting importation of infringing goods
s. 75Unauthorised use of trade mark, etc., in relation to goods
s. 76Falsification of register, etc
s. 77Falsely representing trade mark as registered
s. 78Offences by body corporate or partnership
s. 79Powers of police officers
s. 80Restrictions on the entry and search of domestic premises
s. 81Obstruction of police officers
s. 82Repeals
s. 83Transitional