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Advertisement of
series.
46. When an application relates to a series of trade marks
differing from one another in respect of the particulars
mentioned in section 25(1) of the Act, the applicant may be
required to supply a printing block (or more than one if
necessary) satisfactory to the Registrar of any or of each of the
trade marks constituting the series; or the Registrar may, if he
thinks fit, insert with the advertisement of the application a
statement of the manner in which the several trade marks
differ from one another.
Advertisement under
section 21 or
section 41.
47. Advertisements under sections 21(5), 41(2) and 41(4) of
the Act shall, with the necessary modifications, be made in the
same manner as advertisements relating to an application for
registration.
Opposition.
Notice of
opposition.
Counterstatement.
Opposition to Registration
48. Any person may within two months from the date of
any advertisement in the Journal of an application for
registration of a trade mark give notice on Form 6 to the
Registrar of opposition to the registration.
49. The notice shall include a statement of the grounds
upon which the opponent objects to the registration. If
registration is opposed on the ground that the mark resembles
marks already on the register, the numbers of such trade
marks and the numbers of the Journals in which they have
been advertised shall be set out; and the notice shall be accompanied by an unstamped duplicate which the registrar will
forthwith send to the applicant.
50. (1) Within one month from the receipt of such
duplicate the applicant shall send to the Registrar a counterstatement on Form 7 setting out the grounds on which he
relies as supporting his application.
(2) The applicant shall also set out what facts, if any,
alleged in the notice of opposition he admits; and the counterstatement shall be accompanied by an unstamped duplicate.
51. Upon receipt of the counter-statement and duplicate
Evidence ill
the Registrar will forthwith send the duplicate to the opponent ~~~~~it\~~.
and within one month from the receipt of the duplicate the
opponent shall leave with the Registrar such evidence by way
of statutory declaration as he may desire to adduce in support
of his opposition and shall deliver to the applicant a copy of
such evidence.