SOUTH AFRICA
Trade Marks regulations
Government Notice R578 of 21 April 1995 as amended by Government Notice
R1180 of 1 December 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Definitions
1A. ELECTRONIC SERVICES
2. Fees
3. Forms
4. Classification of goods and services
5. Documents
6. Service of documents
7. Address for service
8. Alteration of address and address for service
9. Agents
10. Unregistrable marks
11. Application for registration
12. Convention applications
13. Representation of marks
14. Translation of languages
15. Procedure on receipt of application
16. Application for registration of a trade mark to be used by body corporate
to be established
17. Honest concurrent user and other special circumstance applications
18. Advertisement of application
19. Proceedings before the Registrar
20. Non-completion
21. Entry in the register
22. Associated marks
23. Certificate of registration
24. Renewal
25. Application for renewal by proprietor
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31. Assignment or transmission
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