Trade Marks Act

Arrangement of Sections

The Registrar and the register

1. The Registrar of Trade Marks

2. The register

Effects of registration and non-registration

3. Effect of non registration

4. Registration to be in respect of particular goods

5. Right given by registration in Part A

6. Right given by registration in Part B

7. Saving for vested rights

8. Saving for use of name, address or description of goods

Registrability and validity of registration

9. Distinctiveness needed for registration in Part A

10. Capability of distinguishing needed for registration in Par B

11. Deceptive or scandalous matter not registrable

12. Names of chemical substances not to be registered

13. Identical and resembling trade marks not be registered

14. Part A registration conclusively valid after seven years

15. Disclaimer for purposes of registration

16. Registration with or without limitation as to colour

Procedure for and duration of registration

17. Preliminary advice on distinctiveness

18. Application for registration

19. Publication of notice of application

20. Opposition to registration

21. Appeal from Registrar's decision on opposed application

22. Duration and renewal of registration

24. Separate registration of part of trade mark

25. Registration of resembling trade marks as a series

Assignment and transmission

26. Assignability of trade marks

27. Power of Registrar to require, or dissolve, association of trade marks.

28. Effect of association of trade marks

29. Registered proprietor's power to assign

30. Registration of assignments, etc

Use and Non use

31. Removal from register on ground of non use

32. Defensive registration of well known invented words

33. Registered users.

34. Provisions supplementary to section 33

35. Registration with a view to assignment to company about to be formed etc.

36. Use of one trade mark equivalent to use of another in certain cases

37. Use of trade mark in relation to goods for export.

Rectification and correction of register

38. General power to rectify register

39. Power to strike out or vary registration for breach of condition

40. Correction of register

41. Alteration of registered trade mark

42. Adaptation of register to revised classification of goods