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TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS, 1970 (L.I. 667)
Regulation 22—Written Grounds for Registrar's Decision.
The prescribesd time for applying to the Registrar under section 18 (6) of the Act
shall be two months.
Regulation 23—Opposition to Application to Register Certification Trade Mark.
(1) Within two months from the date of any advertisement in the Gazette of an
application to register a certification trade mark, any person may give notice to the
Registrar of opposition under sub paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of the First Schedule
to the Act, and regulations 15 to 22 shall apply to the proceedings thereon; and any
person may give notice to the Minister of opposition under sub-paragraph (2) of
paragraph 2 of the said First Schedule, and rules 15 to 22 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the proceedings thereon.
(2) In any case of doubt any party may apply to the Registrar or the Minister, as the
case may be, for directions.
Regulation 24—Non-completion within Twelve Months.
(1) Where registration of a trade mark is not completed within twelve months from
the date of the application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the
Registrar shall give notice in writing to the applicant at his trade or business address
of the applicant has authorised an agent for the purpose of the application he shall
instead send the notice to the agent and shall send a duplicate thereof to the
applicant.
(2) If after fourteen days from the date when the notice was sent or such further time
as the Registrar may allow, the registration is not completed, the application shall be
deemed to be abandoned.
Regulation 25—Entry in Register.
(1) As soon as may be after the expiration of three months from the date of the
advertisement in the Gazette of any application to register a trade mark, the
Registrar shall, subject to any opposition and the determination thereof, and subject
to the provisions of section 19 (1) of the Act, and upon receipt of the prescribed fee,
enter the trade mark in the register.
(2) In those cases where the applicant has supplied a printing block under regulation
14, he shall send with his fee a representation of the trade mark agreeing in all
respects with the representation then appearing on the form of application, to be
affixed by the Registrar to the certificate of registration as required by regulation 28.
(3) The entry of a trade mark in the register shall give the date of the registration, the
goods in respect of which it is registered, and all particulars named in section I (1) of
the Act, including both the trade or business address and the address for service,
particulars of the trade, business, profession, occupation or other description of the