LAWS OF MALAWI
Trade marks
Trade Marks Regulations
21.
Cap. 49:01
(Subsidiary)
(1) An application to the Registrar for the registration of a trade mark shall be
signed by the applicant or his agent. For a trade mark other than a certification
or defensive trade mark the application shall be made on form MT. No. 2. For
a certification or defensive trade mark the application shall be made on form
MT. No. 5 or MT. No. 33 respectively. Each application shall be for
registration in respect of goods in one class of the Fourth Schedule only.
(2)
Every application claiming priority under section 73 of the Act by
reason of an application to register the trade mark made or deemed to
have been made in a convention country, which shall be named in the
application, shall state the date of that application, and the applicant
shall furnish a certificate by the registrar or other registering authority
of that country, or shall otherwise verify the application made or
deemed to have been made therein to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(3)
In the case of an application for registration in respect of all the goods
included in a class, or of a large variety of goods, the Registrar may
refuse to accept the application unless he is satisfied that the
specification is justified by the use of the mark which the applicant
has made, or intends to make if and when it is registered.
(4)
For the purposes of section 22(2) of the Act an application shall be
made on form MT. No. 2 subject to such modifications as the
Registrar may approve.
22.
An application for the registration of a trade mark shall be addressed and sent
to the Registrar at the Office.
23.
(1) Every application for the registration of a trade mark shall contain a
representation of the mark in the space provided on the application form for
that purpose.
(2)
Where the representation exceeds such space in size the representation
shall be mounted upon linen, tracing cloth or such other material as
the Registrar may consider suitable. Part of the mounting shall be
affixed in the space aforesaid and the rest may be folded.
(3)
In the case of word marks represented in plain letters, the word shall
be printed or stenciled in letters of not less than ⅜ inch in size.
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