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Service of documents.
Address.
Address for service.
Trade Marks.
7. Any application, statement, notice or other document authorized or required to be left, made or given at the office of the Registrar, or to or with the Registrar, or with or to any other person, may be sent through the post by a registered prepaid or official-paid letter; any document so sent shall be deemed to have been delivered at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service or sending it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed and registered. A letter addressed to a registered proprietor of a trade mark at his address as it appears in the register or address for service, or to any applicant for or person opposing the registration of a trade mark at the address appearing in the application or notice of opposition or given for service as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed to be sufficiently addressed.
8. Where any person is by the Ordinance or these rules bound to furnish the Registrar with an address, the following provisions shall apply-
(a) the address given shall in all cases be as full as possible, for the purpose of enabling any person easily to find the place of business of the person whose address is given;
(b) when a person does not reside in a town with streets the Registrar may require the address to include all indications which he thinks necessary for such purpose so far as they can be obtained;
(c) when an applicant resides in a town where there are streets the address given shall include the name of the street, and the number in the street or name of premises, if any.
9. Every applicant for the registration of any trade mark, and every opponent to such registration, and every agent, who does not reside or carry on business in Hong Kong, shall, if so required, give an address for service in Hong Kong, and such address may be treated as the actual address of such applicant, opponent or agent for all purposes connected with such application for registration or the opposition thereto.
The Registrar may require the proprietor of a registered trade mark who does not reside or carry on business within Hong Kong to give an address for service in Hong Kong.
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CAP. 43]
Service of documents.
Address.
Address for service.
Trade Marks.
7. Any application, statement, notice or other docu- ment authorized or required to be left, made or given at the office of the Registrar, or to or with the Registrar, or with or to any other person, may be sent through the post by a registered prepaid or official-paid letter; any document so sent shall be deemed to have been delivered at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service or sending it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed and registered. A letter addressed to a registered proprietor of a trade mark at his address as it appears in the register or address for service, or to any applicant for or person opposing the registration of a trade mark at the address appearing in the application or notice of opposition or given for service as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed to be sufficiently addressed.
8. Where any person is by the Ordinance or these rules bound to furnish the Registrar with an address, the following provisions shall apply-
(a) the address given shall in all cases be as full as
possible, for the purpose of enabling any person easily to find the place of business of the person whose address is given;
(b) when a person does not reside in a town with streets the Registrar may require the address to include all indications which he thinks necessary for such purpose so far as they can be obtained;
(c) when an applicant resides in a town where there are streets the address given shall include the name of the street, and the number in the street or name of premises, if any.
9. Every applicant for the registration of any trade mark, and every opponent to such registration, and every agent, who does not reside or carry on business in Hong Kong, shall, if so required, give an address for service in Hong Kong, and such address may be treated as the actual address of such applicant, opponent or agent for all purposes connected with such application for registration or the opposition thereto.
The Registrar may require the proprietor of a registered trade mark who does not reside or carry on business within
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