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Register of Trademarks 4. (1) There shall be kept for the purpose of this Act, a register of Trade Marks wherein shall be entered all registered trade marks with the names and addresses of their owners, notifications of assignments, the names and addresses of all registered users, disclaimers, conditions limitations, renewals, renunciations, cancellations, and such other matters relating to trade marks as may be prescribed. (2) The Register shall be kept at the offices of the Commercial Registry, Ministry of Commerce and Supply, Khartoum or at such other places as may be appointed by the Minister or Order published in the Gazette. Appointment of the Registrar A Register shall be appointed by the Minister to keep the register and carry out the functions conferred upon him by this Act. Trademark Registered for Particular Goods 5. (1) A trade mark shall be registered for the particular goods for which the mark will be used, with an indication of the appreciate class, as set out in the classification of goods in the schedule to the Trade Mark Rules made under this Act, provided that one and the same registration cannot validity cover all the goods in one class. (2) Any question as to the class within which any goods fall shall be decided by the Registrar. Public Inspection 6. (1) The Registrar kept under this Act shall at all convenient times be open for inspection by public subject to such rules as may be prescribed. (2) Certified copies of any entry in such Register shall be given to any person requiring the same on payment of the prescribed fee. Registration of Trademarks and Priority 7. (1) The exclusive right to a mark, conferred by this Act shall be acquired by registration in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) Registration of mark can validity be granted only to the person who has first fulfilled the conditions for a valid application or who is the first to claim validity the earliest priority for such application. (3) Trade Marks may be registered with limitations as to colours to be used thereon.

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