Act 17
Trademarks Act
2010
(2) On the registration of a trademark, the registrar shall issue to
the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form of the registration
signed by him or her and under the seal of the registrar.
(3) Where registration of a trademark is not completed within
twelve months from the date of the application by reason of default
on the part of the applicant, the registrar may, after giving notice of
the non-completion to the applicant in writing in the prescribed
manner, treat the application as abandoned unless it is completed
within the time specified for the purpose in the notice.
17. Alteration of deposited rules or expunging or varying of
entry in register relating to certification mark.
(1) The rules deposited in respect of a certification mark may
under section 14, on the application of the registered owner, be
altered by the registrar.
(2) The registrar may, before granting an application, cause it to
be publised.
(3) Where it appears to the registrar to be expedient and within
the prescribed time from the date of the publication if a person gives
notice to the registrar of objection to the application, the registrar
shall not decide the matter without giving the parties an opportunity
of being heard.
(4) On application to the court by an aggrieved person in the
prescribed manner and subject to section 62, the registrar or on
application by the registrar to the court, the court may make an order
as it thinks fit for expunging or varying an entry in the register
relating to a certification mark or for varying the deposited
regulations, on the ground that—
(a) the owner is no longer competent, in the case of any of the
goods or services in respect of which the trademark is
registered, to certify those goods or services;
(b) the owner has failed to observe a provision of the deposited
regulations to be observed on his or her part;
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