1694 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPT. 28, 1906.
Procedure on G 31. Six months before the expiration of the last
expiry of period of registration.
Status of unrenewed trade mark.
Correction of register.
Registration
of assign-
ments, etc.
Alteration of registered trade mark.
Rectification of register.
registration of a trade mark, the Registrar shall send notice by registered letter to the registered proprietor at his registered address of the date at which the existing registration will expire and the conditions as to payment of fees and otherwise upon which a renewal of such registration may be obtained, and if, at the expiration of the existing registration, such conditions have not been duly complied with, the Registrar may remove such trade mark from the register.
32. Where a trade mark has been removed from the register on account of non-compliance with any of the conditions of renewal, the Governor may, if satisfied that it is just so to do, restore such trade mark to the register on payment of double the amount of the pres- cribed fee for renewal.
any
33. Where a trade mark has been removed from the register for non-payment of the fee for renewal, such trade mark shall, 'nevertheless, for the purpose
of application for registration during one year next after the date of such removal, be deemed to be a trade mark which is already registered, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that there has been no bond pide trade user of such trade mark during the two years immediately preceding such removal,
Correction and Rectification of the Register,
34. The Registrar may, on request made in writing by the registered proprietor or by some person entitled by law to act in his name-
(1) Correct any error in the name or address of the registered proprietor of a trade mark; or
(2) Enter any change in the name or address of the person who is registered as pro- prietor of a trade mark ; or
(3) Cancel the entry of a trade mark on the
register; or
(4) Strike out any goods or classes of goods from those for which 21. trade mark is registered; or
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(5) Enter a disclaimer or memorandum relat- ing to a trade mark which does not in any way extend the rights given by the existing registration of such trade mark.
35. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance where a person becomes entitled to a registered trade mark by assignment, transmission, or other operation of law, the Registrar shall, on request made in the pre- scribed manner and on proof of title to his satisfaction. cause the name and address of such person to be entered on the register as proprietor of the trade mark,
36. The registered proprietor of any trade mark may apply in writing to the Registrar for leave to add to or alter such trade mark in any manner not substan- tially affecting the identity of the same, and the Re- gistrar may refuse such leave or may grant the same on such terms as he may think fit. If leave be granted, the trade mark as altered shall be forthwith, advertised at least once both in The Gazette and in one or more of the Hongkong daily newspapers.
37. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance ------
(1) The Governor may, on the application in writing of any person aggrieved by the non-insertion in or omission from the re- gister of any entry, or by any entry made in the register without sufficient cause, or by any entry wrongly remaining on the re- gister, or by any error or defect in any