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(2) Every application claiming priority under section 44 of
the Act by reason of an application to register the trade mark
made or deemed to have been made in a Convention country
as defined in section 44(5) of the Act which country shall be
named, shall state the date of that application and the
applicant shall furnish a certificate by the Registrar or other
registering authority of that country, or shall otherwise verify
the application made or deemed to have been made therein to
the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(3) In the case of an application for registration in respect
of all the goods included in a class or of a large variety of
goods, the Registrar may refuse to accept the application
unless he is satisfied that the specification is justified by the use
of the mark which the applicant has made, or intends to make
if and when it is registered.
Address for
applications.
24. All applications to register trade marks shall be made,
addressed and sent to the Registrar of Trade Marks, Federal
Ministry of Trade, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.
Representation of mark.
25. (1) Every application for the registration of a trade
mark shall contain a representation of the mark in the space
provided on the application form for that purpose.
(2) Where the representation exceeds such space in size the
representation shall be mounted upon linen, tracing cloth or
such other material as the Registrar may consider suitable.
Part of the mounting shall be affixed in the space aforesaid and
the rest may be folded.
26. (1) There shall be sent with every application for
registration of a trade mark (other than a certification trade
mark) four additional representations of the mark on Form 3.
Additional
forms and
representations.
(2) The representation of the mark on the application and
its duplicate (if any) and the additional representations shall
correspond exactly.
(3) The additional representations shall in all cases be
noted with all such particulars as may from time to time be
required by the Registrar; and such particulars shall, if
req uired, be signed by the applicant or his agent.
27. All representations of marks must be of a durable
nature, but th~ applicant may in case of need supply, in place
of representations on Form 3, representations on sheets of
foolscap paper of the size prescribed in regulation 9 of these
Regulations and noted as aforesaid.
Representations to be
durable.