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(i)
Trademarks Act
2010
that the owner shall disclaim any right to the exclusive
use of any part of the trademark or to the exclusive use
of all or a portion of any such matter, to the exclusive
use of which the registrar or court holds him or her not
to be entitled; or
(ii) that he or she shall make such other disclaimer as the
registrar or court may consider necessary for the purpose
of defining his or her rights under that registration.
(2) A disclaimer on the register shall not affect rights of the owner
of a trademark except where the disclaimer arises out of the registration
of the trademark in respect of which the disclaimer is made.
20. Registration of jointly owned trademarks.
(1) Where the relation between two or more persons interested
in a trademark is that none of them is entitled to use the mark
except—
(a) on behalf of both or all of them; or
(b) in relation to an article with which both or all of them are
connected in the course of trade,
those persons may be registered as joint owners of the trademark and
this Act shall have effect in relation to any rights to the use of the
trademark vested in those persons as if those rights had been vested
in a single person.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), nothing in this Act shall authorise
the registration of two or more persons who use a trademark
independently or propose to so use it, as joint owners.
21. Duration and renewal of registration.
(1) The registration of a trademark shall be for a period of seven
years and shall be renewable every ten years upon payment of a
prescribed fee.
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