PART IV—APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A TRADEMARK.
17. Application for registration of a trademark.
(1) An application to the registrar for the registration of a trademark
shall be signed by the applicant or his or her agent.
(2) The application for registration of a trademark shall be made in
Form TM 2.
(3) In the case of an application for registration in respect of all the
goods or services included in a class, or of a large variety of goods or
services, the registrar may reject the application unless he or she is
satisfied that the specification is justified by the use of the mark which
the applicant has made, or intends to make if it is registered.
18. Representation of mark.
(1) Every application for the registration of a trademark shall
contain a representation of the mark suitable for reproduction, affixed in
the space provided on the application form for that purpose.
(2) Where the representation exceeds that space in size, the
representation shall be mounted upon linen, tracing cloth or such other
material as the registrar may consider suitable and part of the mounting
shall be affixed in the space provided on the application form for that
purpose and the rest may be folded.
(3) The applicant shall submit with every application for
registration of a trademark at least four additional representations of the
mark in Form TM 3 exactly corresponding to that affixed to the
application form and noted with all such particulars as may from time to
time be required by the registrar and the particulars shall, if required, be
signed by the applicant or his or her agent.
(4) All representations of a mark shall be of a durable nature, but
the applicant may in case of need, supply in place of representations in
Form TM 3, representations on sheets of strong paper of the size
prescribed in regulations.
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