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Government Gazette 23 March 2012
Act No. 1, 2012
No. 4907
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012
(a)
correcting any error in the name or address of the registered owner of
the trade mark or any error in the register relating to such trade mark;
(b)
altering the name or address or address for service of the registered
owner who has changed his or her name or address or address for
service;
(c)
cancelling the registration of the trade mark;
(d)
deleting any goods or services or classes of goods or services from
those in respect of which the trade mark is registered; or
(e)
entering a disclaimer or memorandum relating to the trade mark which
does not in any way extend the rights given by the registration of the
trade mark.
(6)
The Registrar may, on request made in the prescribed manner by the
registered owner or a registered user of a trade mark as contemplated in section 170,
enter in the register any change in the name or address of such registered user.
(7)
Where, after the registration of a trade mark, the International
Classification of Goods and Services is amended, the registered owner of the trade mark
may, at any time, apply to the Registrar in the prescribed manner for the revision of the
class or classes in which the trade mark is registered.
(8)
If the amendment of the International Classification of Goods and
Services results in –
(a)
two or more identical registered trade marks owned by the same owner
and previously registered with the same registration date in different
classes, to fall within a single class, the owner has the right to require
the Registrar to consolidate the registrations in a single registration;
(b)
a single registered trade mark owned by the owner to fall within two or
more different classes, the owner has the right to require the Registrar
to register the trade mark as separate registrations with the same
registration date in such two or more classes.
(9)
The Registrar may correct any error in the register made by an official
of his or her office.
PART 6
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP AND JOINT OWNERSHIP OF TRADE MARK
APPLICATIONS AND REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
Change in ownership of applications or trade marks
161.
(1)
The registered owner of a registered trade mark or a trade mark
which is the subject of an application for registration may transfer his or her rights in
the registered trade mark or application by way of cession, assignment or testamentary