1856
Incorporation
of existing register.
5 Edw. 7 c. 15 s. 6.
*
Inspection of and extract
from register. ib. s. 7.
+
Trade mark must be for
particular goods. ib. s. 8. Registrable trade marks. ib. s. 9.
No. 40 of 1909.
TRADE MARKS.
6. The register of trade marks existing at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be incorporated with and form part of the register. Subject to the provisions of sections 36 and 41, the validity of the original entry of any trade mark upon the register so incorporated shall be determined in accordance with the Ordinance in force at the date of such entry, and such trade mark shall retain its original date, but for all other purposes it shall be deemed to be a trade mark registered under this Ordinance.
7. The register shall during office hours be open to the inspection of the public, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed; and certified copies, sealed with the seal of the Registrar, of any entry therein shall be given to any person requiring the same on payment of the prescribed fee.
Registrable Trade Marks.
8. A trade mark must be registered in respect of particular goods or classes of goods.
9. A registrable trade mark must contain or consist of at least one of the following essential particulars :----
(1) the name of a company, individual, or firm represented in a special or particular manner;
(2) the signature (in other than Chinese characters) of the applicant for registration or of some predecessor in his business;
(3) an invented word or invented words;
(4) a word or words having no direct reference to the character or quality of the goods, and not being according to its ordinary signification a geographical name or a surname;
(5) any other distinctive mark:
but a name, signature, or word or words, other than such as fall within the descriptions in the above paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), shall not, except by order of the Governor or the Court, be deemed a distinctive mark.
Provided always, that any special or distinctive word or words, letter, numeral, or combination of letters or numerals used as a trade mark by the applicant or his predecessors in business before the 13th August, 1875, which has continued to be used (either in its original form or with additions or alterations not substantially
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
† As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912.
1856
Incorporation
of existing register.
5 Edw. 7 c. 15 s. 6.
*
Inspection of and extract
from register. ib. s. 7.
+
Trade mark must be for
particular goods. ib. s. 8. Registrable trade marks. ib. s. 9.
No. 40 of 1909.
TRADE MARKS.
6. The register of trade marks existing at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be incorporated with and form part of the register. Subject to the provisions of sections 36 and 41, the validity of the original entry of any trade mark upon the register so incorporated shall be determined in accordance with the Ordi- nance in force at the date of such entry, and such trade mark shall retain its original date, but for all other purposes it shall be deemed to be a trade mark registered under this Ordinance.
7. The register shall during office hours be open to the inspection of the public, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed; and certified copies, sealed with the seal of the Registrar, of any entry therein shall be given to any person requiring the same on payment of the prescribed fee.
Registrable Trade Marks.
8. A trade mark must be registered in respect of particular goods or classes of goods.
9. A registrable trade mark must contain or consist of at least one of the following essential particulars :----
(1) the name of a company, individual, or firm represented in a special or particular manner;
(2) the signature (in other than Chinese characters) of the applicant for registration or of some predecessor in his business ;
(3) an invented word or invented words;
(4) a word or words having no direct reference to the character or quality of the goods, and not being according to its ordinary signification a geographical name or a surname ;
(5) any other distinctive mark :
but a name, signature, or word or words, other than such as fall within the descriptions in the above paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), shall not, except by order of the Governor or the Court, be deemed a distinctive mark.
Provided always, that any special or distinctive word or words, letter, numeral, or combination of letters or numerals used as a trade mark by the applicant or his predecessors in business before the 13th August, 1875, which has continued to be used (either in its original form or with additions or alterations not substantially
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912.
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