TRADE MARKS ACT
(CHAPTER 332, SECTIONS 54 AND 108)
TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION) RULES
History |
G.N. NO. S 490/2000 |
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R3 2002 REVISED EDITION |
[31st October 2000]
Arrangement of Provisions | |
PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Citation 2 Definitions 3 Fees 4 Forms
PART II INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONS DESIGNATING SINGAPORE 5 Entitlement to protection 5A No division of international registration designating Singapore 6 Effects of protected international trade mark (Singapore) 7 Protected international trade mark (Singapore) as object of property 8 Notification of transactions 9 Licensing 10 Priority 11 Examination 12 Publication 13 Notice of opposition 14 Counter-statement 15 Further procedures 16 Notifications of refusal 17 Protection 18 Revocation and invalidity 19 Effect of acquiescence 20 Certificate of validity of contested registration 21 Importation of infringing goods 22 Offences 23 Falsely representing trade mark as protected international trade mark (Singapore)
PART III TRANSFORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION INTO NATIONAL APPLICATION 24 Transformation application 25 Procedure on transformation application
PART IV CONCURRENT REGISTRATIONS 26 Effects of international registration where trade mark is also registered under Act
PART V INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION 27 Application for international registration 28 Notification to International Bureau
PART VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 29 Evidence of certain matters relating to international registration 30 Agents 31 Burden of proving use of protected international trade mark (Singapore) 32 Communication of information to International Bureau 33 Transmission of fees to International Bureau 34 Application of Trade Marks Rules
FIRST SCHEDULE FEES
SECOND SCHEDULE DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMS
TRADE MARKS ACT
(CHAPTER 332, SECTIONS 54 AND 108)
TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION) RULES
[31st October 2000]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation
1.—These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (International Registration) Rules.
Definitions
2.—In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
"Common Regulations" means the regulations adopted under Article 10 of the Madrid Protocol, with effect from 1st April 1996, as replaced, revised or amended from time to time;
"international application" means an application to the International Bureau for registration of a trade mark in the International Register;
"International Bureau" means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation;
"International Register" means the register of trade marks maintained by the International Bureau for the purposes of the Madrid Protocol;
"international registration" means the registration of a trade mark in the International Register;
"international registration designating Singapore" means an international registration in which a request has been made (either in the relevant international application or subsequently) for extension of protection to Singapore under Article 3ter (1) or (2) of the Madrid Protocol;
“protected international trade mark (Singapore)” has the meaning given by rule 17, and references to “protection” and “protected” shall be construed accordingly.
Fees
3.—(1) The fees set out in the First Schedule shall be payable to the Registrar in respect of the matters set out in that Schedule.
(2) In any case where a form specified in the First Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required to be used, that form shall be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter.
Forms
4.—(1) The Registrar shall publish in the Trade Marks Journal —
(a) the forms referred to in these Rules;
(b) the Registrar’s directions relating to the use of any form; and
(c) any amendment or modification of any such form or direction.
(2) Any form may be modified on the direction of the Registrar for use in a case other than the case for which it is intended.
(3) The Registrar may accept, in lieu of any form, any document which is filed with the Registry for any purpose for which the form was published but which deviates from the form, if the document —