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CAP. 506
Trade Marks
[Rev. 2009
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 575/1956,
L.N. 454/1959,
L.N. 44/1970,
L.N. 138/1971,
L.N. 131/1975,
L.N. 49/1988,
L.N. 42/1995,
L.N. 146/2003.
Short title.
Interpretation.
L.N. 42/1995,
L.N. 146/2003.
THE TRADE MARK RULES
Preliminary
1. These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks Rules.
2. In these Rules, except where the context otherwise requires“agent” means a person appointed as an agent under rule 14;
“the office” means the office of the Registrar;
“specification” means the designation of goods or classes of goods or the
description of services or classes of services in respect of which a trade mark,
or a registered user of a trade mark, is registered or proposed to be registered.
Fees and Forms
Fees.
Forms.
3. The fees to be paid in relation to trade marks shall be those prescribed
in the First Schedule.
4. The forms referred to herein are the forms contained in the Fourth
Schedule, and those forms shall be used in all cases to which they are applicable
and shall be modified as directed by the Registrar to meet other cases.
5. (Deleted by L.N. 146/2003, s.3)
Classifications Under Previous System
Old classifications
preserved.
L.N. 146/2003.
6. (1) This rule applies with respect to a trade mark registered for goods
or services classified in accordance with a classification system that has been
amended or replaced since those goods or services were classified.
(2) The goods or services described in paragraph (1) are not required to be
reclassified in accordance with the new classification system unless application
is made under rule 7.
Conversions to new
classification system.
L.N. 146/2003.
7. (1) The registered proprietor of a trade mark described in rule 6 (1)
may apply to have the classification of the goods or services in respect of which
the trade mark was registered adapted so that they are classified in accordance
with section 6 (2) of the Act.
(2) An application under this rule shall be made to the Registrar in form
TM 43.