(b) communicate with the registered proprietor stating that the
renewal form and fee have been received and that the
registration will in due course be renewed.
48. Notice before removal of trademark from register.
At a date not less than one month and not more than two months before
the expiration of the registration of a mark, if no fee upon Form TM 10
has been received, the registrar shall notify the registered proprietor in
writing of the approaching expiration.
49. Second notice.
At a time not less than fourteen days and not more than one month
before the expiration of the registration of a trademark the registrar may,
if no fee as provided in regulation 47(1) is received, send a notice in
writing to the registered proprietor as the trade or business address as
well as the address for service, if any.
50. Publication of nonpayment.
If at the date of the expiration of the last registration of a mark the
renewal fee has not been paid, the registrar shall publish the fact
immediately in the Gazette, and if within one month after that
advertisement the renewal fee upon Form TM 10, together with an
additional fee in Form TM 11, is received, the registrar may renew the
registration without removing the mark from the register.
51. Removal of trademark from register.
Where, at the expiration of one month from the advertisement for non
payment mentioned in regulation 50, the fees mentioned in that
regulation have not been paid, the registrar may remove the mark from
the register as from the date of the expiration of the last registration, but
may, upon payment of the renewal fee in Form TM 11 together with a
registration fee in Form TM 12, restore the mark to the register if
satisfied that it is just to do so, and upon such conditions as he or she
may think fit to impose.
2012