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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 8, 1909.
Indorsement of assign- ment on
55. The Registrar shall, at the request of a person who has become entitled to a registered trade mark by assign- ment, transmission, or other operation of law, made upon certificate of Form No. 13, indorse upon the original certificate of registration a statement of the alteration in the pro- prietorship of the mark.
registra tion.
Renewal of
RENEWAL.
56. At any time not more than six months before the registration. expiration of the last registration of a trade mark any person may leave at the Office a fee for the renewal of the registration of the inark upon Form No. 14. Such person shall indorse upon such form his name and address, and before taking any farther step the Registrar may require such person to furnish within five days an authority to pay such fee signed by the registered proprietor, and if such person does not furnish such authority, may return such fee and treat it as not received.
Notification of receipt of renewal fec.
Notice before
removal of trade mark from
register.
Advertise-
ment of non- payment.
Removal of trade mark
from register.
Removal of mark from register.
Notice and advertise- ment of renewal.
Indorsement
of renewal
57. When he does not require such authority, the Re- gistrar shall upon receipt of such fee communicate with the person paying the fee or at his discretion with the registered proprietor at his registered address, stating that the fee has been received and that the registration will in due course be renewed,
58. At a date not less than three months and not more than four months before the expiration of the last registra- tion of a mark, if no fee upon Form No. 14 has been received, the Registrar shall send to the registered pro- prietor at his registered address a notice in the Form No. 15.
59. If at the date of the expiration of the last registra- tion of a mark the renewal fee has not been paid, the Registrar shall advertise the fact forthwith in the Gazette, and if within one month of such advertisement the renewal fee upon Form No. 14, together with an additional fee upon Form No. 16, is received, he may renew the re- gistration without removing the mark from the register.
60. Where after one month from such advertisement such fees have not been paid, the Registrar may remove the mark from the register as on the date of the expiration of the last registration, but may upon payment of the renewal fee upon Form No. 14, together with the addi- tional fee upon the Form No. 17, restore the mark to the register if satisfied that it is just so to do, and upon such conditions as he may think fit to impose.
61. Where a trade mark has been removed from the register the Registrar shall cause to be entered in the register a record of such removal and of the cause thereof.
62. Upon the renewal of a registration a notice to that effect shall be sent to the registered proprietor at his registered address, and the renewal shall be advertised in the Gazette,
63. The Registrar shall, at the request of the registered proprietor unde upon Form No. 18, indorse upon the on certificate original certificate of registration of a trade mark ú of registra-
statement that the mark has been duly renewed.
tion.
Alteration of
address in
register.
Hearing.
Application
for hearing.
ALTERATION OF ADDRESS.
64. Every registered proprietor of a trade mark who alters his address shall forthwith apply to the Registrar to insert the new address on the register, and the Registrar shall alter the register accordingly.
DISCRETIONARY POWER.
65. Before exercising any discretionary power given to the Registrar by the Ordinance adversely to any person, the Registrar shäll, if so required, hear the person who will be affected by the exercise of such power.
66. An application for a hearing shall be made within one month from the date when the matter on which the Registrar is called on to exercise discretionary power has
arisen.
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