mark for those and other goods or services, and in that case the applicant shall state in
his application that the name or description will be varied when the mark is used upon
goods covered by the specification other than the named or described goods or
services.
17. Application for registration
An application to the Registrar for the registration of a trade or service mark shall
be signed by the applicant or his agent and the application shall be made on Form
TM/SM 2 together with the prescribed fees. Each application shall be for registration in
respect of goods or service in one or more classes of international classification.
18. Priority under the convention
(1) An applicant who claims priority for his application under the provisions of
section 22 of the Act shall indicate in his application on form TM/SM 2:
(i) that a priority claim is made under the convention;
(ii) the date of the earlier application in the convention country; and
(iii) the name of the convention country or; where the earlier application is a
regional or international application, the office with which it was filed.
(2) The applicant shall furnish with his application or when requested to do so by
the Registrar, a copy of the earlier application certified as corrected by the office with
which it was filed.
(3) Where the earlier application is in a different language from that of the
application, the Registrar may require the applicant to furnish him within three months
with a translation of the earlier application into the language of the country unless such a
translation had already been furnished for another application.
19. Representation of a mark
Every application for the registration of a mark shall contain a durable graphic
representation of the mark in the space provided on the application form for that
purpose.
20. Additional representation
There shall be sent with every application for registration of a mark six additional
representations of such mark on Form TM/SM 3 exactly corresponding to that affixed to
the application form and noted with all such particulars as may be required by the
Registrar. Such particulars shall, if required, be signed by the applicant or his agent.
21. Registration of same mark in different classes
Application for the registration of the same mark in different classes shall be
treated as separate and distinct applications, and in all cases where a mark is registered
under the same official number for goods or services in more than one class, the
registration in respect of the goods or services included in each separate class shall be
deemed to be separate registration for all the purposes of the Act.
22. Representation to be satisfactory
The Registrar, if dissatisfied with any representation of mark, may at any time
require another representation satisfactory to him to be submitted before proceeding
with the application.
23. Specimens in exceptional cases
Where a drawing or other representation or specimen cannot be given in the
manner aforesaid, a specimen or copy of the mark may be sent either of full size or on a
reduced scale, and in such form as the Registrar may think most convenient.
24. Series of marks
Where an application is made for the registration of a series of marks under
subsection (2) of section 25 a representation of each mark or the series shall be
included, all as aforesaid, in the application form, and in each of the accompanying