1989 Ed.]

Trade Marks Rules

[CAP. 43

A 9

[Subsidiary]

made for or on behalf of a partnership or a body corporate it shall be signed in manner provided by rule 96, but in either case it may be signed by an agent. (L.N. 256 of 1987)

(1A) Every application claiming priority under section 13A of the Ordinance by reason of an application made or deemed to have been made in a Convention country shall specify the country in which the application was made and the date of that application, and the applicant shall furnish a certificate by the registrar or other registering authority of that country, or otherwise verify the application made or deemed to be made therein to the satisfaction of the Registrar. (L.N. 199 of 1977)

(2) (Repealed L.N. 256 of 1987)

(3) Each application shall be for registration in respect of goods in one class only of Schedule 4.

(4) Each application shall be accompanied by 14 additional representations of the trade mark exactly corresponding to that affixed to Form TM-No. 3. (L.N. 199 of 1977; L.N. 256 of 1987)

10. Specification must be justified by use or intended use

In the case of an application under section 13 for registration in respect of all the goods included in a class, or of a large variety of goods, the Registrar may refuse to accept the application unless he is satisfied that the specification is justified by the use of the mark which the applicant has made, or intends to make if and when it is registered.

11. Separate applications for different classes

Applications under section 13 for the registration of the same mark in different classes shall be treated as separate and distinct applications, and in all cases where a trade mark is registered under the same official number for goods in more than one class, whether on conversion of the specification under rule 75 or otherwise, the registration in respect of the goods included in each separate class shall be deemed to be a separate registration for all the purposes of the Ordinance.

12. Representations of marks to be satisfactory

In any application under section 13, the Registrar, if dissatisfied with any representation of a mark, may at any time require another representation satisfactory to him to be substituted before proceeding with the application.

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