Renewing registration

(1) In considering an application to renew the registration of a mark, the Registrar shall take the following action in the circumstances described, namely– (a) renew the registration of the mark without amendment if the registered owner or registered licensee has stated that the mark has been used on all of the goods or services in the registration or has been used on some of the goods or services in the registration and the reasons given for the non-use in respect of the Trade Marks 27 remaining goods or services are sufficient to explain the non-use; (b) renew the registration in respect of those goods or services in the registration for which the registered owner or registered licensee has stated that the mark is in use or for which reasons were given to excuse the non-use, and remove from the registration the remaining goods or services in respect of which the registered owner or registered licensee has stated that the mark is not in use and the reasons given for the non-use are not sufficient to excuse the non-use; or (c) refuse to renew the registration if the registered owner or registered licensee has stated that the mark has not been used in respect of any of the goods or services in the registration and no reasons are given for the non-use or the reasons given for the non-use are not sufficient to excuse the non-use. (2) After taking such action as is indicated by subrule (1) the Registrar shall make the appropriate entries in the register and advise the applicant in writing of the action taken. (3) Upon the renewal of a trademark, the Registrar shall issue to the registered proprietor of the trademark or any other person showing title thereto, a Certificate or Renewal in Form 12A, set out in the Schedule of these Rules, or as near as may be to that Form as the circumstances of each case may allow. 28 Trade Marks Licence - Contracts