Conclosure
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REC! 10 OCT 28
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der section 8 of Ordinance W.
18 of 1898.
I have the honour to be,
Sir
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Mlach Major General, Administering they
the Go
vernment.
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TRADE MARKS RULES, 1898.
By virtue of the provisions of Ordinance No. 18 of 1898, His Excellency the Governor in Council doth hereby make the following Rules:-
PRELIMINARY,
1. These Rules may be cited as The Trade Marks Rules, 1898, and shall conie into operation on the 1st day of September, 1898.
INTERPRETATION.
2. In the construction of these Rules any words herein aterprcta- used defined by The Trade Marks Ordinance, 1898, shall tion.
have the meanings thereby assigned to them respectively.
FEES.
3. The fees to be paid as regards Trade Mark Matters Fees. shall be those specified in the First Schedule heret. Such fees shall be paid to the Colquial Secretary for payment into the Treasury.
CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
4. For the purposes of trade marks registration and of 'lassifica. these Rules, goods are classified in the unner appearing tion of in the Second Schedule hereto.
If any doubt arises as to what class any particular de- scription of goods belongs to, the doubt shall be determined
by the Colonial Secretary.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
goods.
5. An application for registration of a trade mark, if Application made by any firm or partnership, may be signed by some by arm. xe, one or more members of such firm or partnership, as the
case may be.
Where the firm consists of tore than one person the names of all the partners must be stated.
If the application be made by a body coporate it may be signed by the Secretary or other principal officer of such boily corporate.
An application for registration may be made by or through a solicitor or other agent of the applicant duly authorised to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary, but such application must be accompanied by a statutory deela- ration or affidavit as required by the Ordinance, in the form given in the Schedule to such Ordinance. Such statutory declaration or affidavit must be made by the applicant in person, or in the case of a firm or company may be made as provided by Rule 26 (4) or (e).
6. Applications for the registration of the same mark in Application different classes shall be treated as separate and distinct as goo is applications.
of more thma one class.
7. Where a Trade Mark contains a word or words in a Foreign language other thau English a correct translation into chameters. English of the foreign words sboud arcompany the appli-
cation.
ADVERTISEMENT.
8. Advertisement must be made of every application as Advertises directed by the Ordinance and shall be in the form given me. in the Schedule to such Ordinance.
OPPOSITION TO REGISTRATION.
9. A notice of opposition must be addressed to the Notice of Colonial Secretary and must state the grounds on which opposition.
the opponent intends to oppose the registration and must be signed by hun or by his solicitor quil must contain an
address for service in Hongkong.