Trade Marks
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(2) Where a trade mark that is registered, or is the subject of an
application for registration, in respect of any goods is identical with
another trade mark that is registered, or is the subject of an appli
cation for registration, in the name of the same proprietor in respect
of the same goods or description of goods, or so nearly resembles
it as to be likely to deceive or cause confusion if used by a person
other than the proprietor, the Registrar may at any time require that
the trade marks shall be entered on the register as associated trade
marks.
(3) Where a trade mark and any part or parts thereof are, by virtue
of subsection (l) of section twenty-six, registered as separate trade
marks in the name of the same proprietor, they shall be deemed to be,
and shall be registered as, associated trade marks.
(4) All trade marks that are, by virtue of subsection (2) of section
twenty-six, registered as a series in one registration shall be deemed
to be, and shall be registered as, associated trade marks.
(5) On application made in the prescribed manner by the regis
tered proprietor of two or more trade marks registered as associated
trade marks, the Registrar may dissolve the association as respects
any of them if he is satisfied that there would be no likelihood of
deception or confusion being caused if that trade mark were used by
another person in relation to any of the goods in respect of which it
is registered and may amend the register accordingly.
(6) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under
this section.
29. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the person for the time
being entered in the register as proprietor of a trade mark shall, sub
ject to any rights appearing from the register to be vested in any other
person, have power to assign the trade mark and to give effectual
receipts for any consideration for an assignment thereof.
Power of
registered
proprietor to
assign and
give receipts
30. (l) Where a person becomes entitled by assignment or trans
mission to a registered, trade mark, he shall make application to the
Registrar to register his title, and the Registrar shall, on receiptof
the application and on proof of title to his satisfaction, register him
as the proprietor of the trade mark in respect of the goods in respect
of which the assignment or transmission has effect, and shall cause
particulars of the assignment or transmission to be entered on the
register.
Registration of
assignments
and transmis
sions
(2) Aq appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under
this section.
(3) Except for the purposes of an appeal under this section or of
an application under section thirty-seven, a document or instrument
in respect of which no entry has been made in the register in accor-
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