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of
49. (1) If after a hearing or after consiticfu.tion of the ap Rejection
application
plicant's amendments or o[)s6rvations in writing, the Reg:::;trar re r,r
cond~ti.oD
jecbs bhe applioation {Y!' accepts it subject.to .any amendmtmts, mo al accepb,mce
cHficaHons oonditions, disclaimers or IlmltatlOILS to whIch the to whIch
applicant ~bjects, he shall communicate his decision to the appii applicant
objects
cant in writing.
(2) The applicant may, within one month from the date of
suCh communicatJion, upon payment of the prescribed fee, reques:
the Regilst~ar to state in wl"iting the grounds of his decision 3nd
nhe materi~a1s used by him in arriving thereat.
50. (1) If the Registrar accepts the application uncondi Acceptance
of appl~ca
tionally Of acceptJs it subject to any conditions ()'f limitations to n'On, public?
which the applicant does not object, he shall proceed to publi;;'h tion; supply
C1f pIlinsti ng
the applioation setting out,
blook
(a) the filing date;
(b) the representation of the mark;
(c) the goods or serv,ic..-es in respect of which the regist'r::t
tion of bhe mark is requested with an indication of the
corresponding class or Cl.a:SlSes of the International Clas
sification;
(d) the name and address of the applioant; and
(e) the name and address of the agent, if any.
(2) For the purposes of the publication required under sec
tion 28 and this regulation, the Registrar may, in writin~. request
the app1icant to supply a printing block of such dimensions as
he may ooIl/Sider ,approp~iate, the dimensions of which shall. not
e;.cceed 30 X 21 centimetres.
51.
(1)
The notice of O'pposi tion under section 2R
(<1,) ~h"ll
be given within three months from the date of the publioation re
ferred to in regulation 50 on Form NO'. 8 as set out in the Second
Schedule together with payment of the prescribed fee and accom
panied by supporting evidence, if any.
(2) The cO'unter-statement referred to in section 28 (5) shall
be subject to' payment of the prescribed fee and shall be sriven
within two months from the date the notice of oppnsition i; sent
to the applicant in writing, stating the grounds upon which the
appli{l~nt reli.es for his application and accompanied by support
mg eVl<ien{!€ If any.
(3) The request for a hearing, under section 28 (f)), shall
be made to nhe Registrar in writing at any time after t.he iWn a
of tJ~ notice of opposition but not later than one month af+.cr th~
eXlplry of the prescribed period for filing the counter-statement.
Th~ RegIstrar shall give the parties at least one month's vrritten
~otlCe 00 t~e date set for the hearing and each plrty shal~, wi th
In bhat penod, pay the prescribed fee fOT the hearing.
(4) Where the opponent or the applicant does not res.ide or
carry on busineSIS in Lesotho, the Regi,strar may require him to