ACTS OF GHANA
FOURTH REPUBLIC
Trademarks (Amendm ent ) Act, 2014
Act 876
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
I. Section 1 of Act 664 amended
2 . Section 2 of Act 664 amended
3. Section 3 of Act 664 repealed
4. Section 4 of Act 664 amended
5. Section 5 of Act 664 amended
6. Section 6 of Act 664 amended
7. Section 15 of Act 664 amended
B. Section 16 of Act 664 amended
9. Section 26 of Act 664 amended
10. Section 32A inserted
II. Section 51 of Act 664 amended
12. Section 52 of Act 664 amended
13. Section 53 of Act 664 amended
14. Section 54 inserted
15. Third Schedule to Act 664 inserted
ACT
ENTITLED
TRADEMARKS (AMENDMENT) ACT,
2014 ACT 876
AN ACT to amend the Trademarks Ac 2004 (Act 664) to reconcile renewal periods for the registration of
trademarks, provide for the international registration of trademarks and for related purposes.
DATE OF ASSENT: 24th April, 2014
PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:
Section 1 of Act 664 amended
1. The Trademarks Act, 2004 (Act 664) referred to as the principal enactment is amended by the
substitution for section 1 of "Meaning of a trademark
1. (1) A "trademark" means a sign or combination of signs capable of distinguishing the goods or services
of one un- dertaklng from the goods and services of another undertaking.
2.
(2) A trademark may consist of
(a) words, personal names, designs, letters, colours, numerals, shapes, holograms, sounds or a combination
of any of these elements, or
(b) slogans, where they are not long enough to be protected by copyright.
3) A reference in this Act to a trademark includes a ref- erence to a collective mark or certification mark".
Section 2 of Act 664 amended
3.
The principal enactment is amended by the substitution for section 2 of
"Meaning of collective mark and certification mark