No. 2
Trademarks
PART IV__RECTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF ENTRIES IN THE REGISTER
27.__(1) An interested party may apply for the rectification of an
error or omission in the Register.
(2) An application for rectification shall be made to the Registrar
except in cases where proceedings concerning a trademark in
question are pending before the Appeals Tribunal and the
consideration, of the application shall await conclusion of the
matters by the Appeals Tribunal.
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Rectification
and
correction of
the Register
(3) Where the application is made to the Registrar, the Registrar
may, at any stage of the proceedings, refer the application to the
Appeals Tribunal.
(4) Except where the Registrar or the Appeals Tribunal directs
otherwise, the rectification of an error or omission in the Register
shall be to the effect that the error or omission in question shall be
deemed never to have been made.
(5) The Registrar may, on request made in the prescribed manner
by the owner of a registered trademark, or a licensee, correct any
error or enter any change in a name or address in the Register.
(6) The Registrar may remove from the Register, any matter
appearing to him to have ceased to have effect.
28 The Registrar may, on application by any interested party,
make such order as he considers appropriate for removal of, or
variation in, the registration of a trademark on the ground of any
contravention of, or failure to observe, a condition entered in the
Register in relation to the registered trademark.
29.__(1) The owner of a registered trademark may apply in the
prescribed manner, to the Registrar, for leave to alter a trademark
in any manner not substantially affecting the identity of the
trademark.
(2) The Registrar may grant or refuse leave, or grant the leave on
such terms, and subject to such limitations, as he considers
appropriate.
(3) The Registrar shall advertise the application for alteration
made under subsection (1), in the prescribed manner and if, within
the prescribed time from the date of the advertisement, any person
gives notice to the Registrar in the prescribed manner, of opposition
to the application, the Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so
required, make a decision on the matter.
Removal or
variation
registration of
a trademark
for breach of
condition
Alteration of
registered
trademarks