Publication of application
25. Publication of application.
(1) An application for the registration of a trademark required or
permitted by section 11(1) and (2) of the Act shall be published in the
Gazette or in any other media as the registrar may direct during such
times and in such manner as the registrar may direct.
(2) In the case of an application with which the registrar proceeds
only after the applicant has lodged the written consent to the proposed
registration of the registered proprietor of another trademark or another
applicant, the words "By consent" shall appear in the publication.
(3) If no representation of the trademark is included in the
publication of the application, the registrar shall refer in the publication
to the place where a specimen or representation of the trademark is
deposited for exhibition.
26. Publication of series of trade marks.
Where an application relates to a series of trademarks differing from one
another in respect of the particulars mentioned in section 30(1) of the
Act, the registrar may, if he or she thinks fit, insert with the
advertisement of the application a statement of the manner in which the
several trademarks differ from one another.
27. Publications and advertisements under sections 12 and 91 of
the Act.
Publications and advertisements under sections 12(11) and 91(2) and (3)
of the Act shall, with the necessary modifications, be made in the same
manner as advertisements relating to an application for registration.
Opposition to registration
28. Opposition.
A person may, within sixty days from the date of any advertisement in
the Gazette of an application for registration of a trademark, give notice
in Form TM 6 to the registrar opposing the registration.
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