Act 17
Trademarks Act
2010
15. Publication of application, objection to registration of
certification marks.
(1) Where an application for the registration of a certification
mark has been accepted absolutely or subject to conditions and
limitations, the registrar shall cause the applicant to publish it in the
prescribed manner and section 12 shall have effect in relation to the
registration of the mark as if the application had been an application
under section 7(1).
(2) In deciding under the provisions referred to in subsection (1),
the registrar shall have regard only to the considerations referred to in
section 13(3) and a decision under those provisions in favour of the
applicant shall be conditional on the determination in his or her
favour by the registrar under section13(7) of any objection relating to
the matters referred to in section 13(6).
(3) Where notice of objection is given relating to the matters
referred to in section 13(4), the registrar shall, after hearing the
parties, decide whether and subject to what conditions and limitations
or amendments or modifications of the application or of the
regulations, registration is to be permitted.
16. Registration.
(1) When an application for registration of a trademark in Part A
or in Part B of the register has been accepted and—
(a) the application has not been objected to and the time for
notice of the objection has expired; or
(b) the application has been objected to and the objection has
been decided in favour of the applicant,
the registrar shall, unless the application has been accepted in error,
register the trademark in Part A or Part B, and the trademark, when
registered, shall be registered from the date of the application for
registration and that date shall be taken to be the date of registration.
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