Use of trade mark for export trade, and use where form of trade connection changes
76.—(1) The application in Singapore of a trade mark to goods to be exported from Singapore and any other act done in Singapore in relation to goods to be so exported which, if done in relation to goods to be sold or otherwise traded in within Singapore, would constitute use of a trade mark therein, shall be deemed to constitute use of the trade mark in relation to those goods for any purpose for which such use is material under this Act or at common law.
(2) Any act done in Singapore in relation to services for use outside Singapore which, if done in relation to services provided within Singapore for use there, would constitute use of a trade mark in Singapore, shall be deemed to constitute use of the trade mark in relation to those services for any purpose for which such use is material under this Act or at common law.
[Act 7 of 1991 wef 01/03/1991]
(3) The use of a registered trade mark in relation to goods or services between which and the person using it any form of connection in the course of trade subsists shall not be deemed to be likely to cause deception or confusion on the ground only that the trade mark has been, or is, used in relation to goods or services between which and that person or a predecessor in title of his a different form of connection in the course of trade subsisted or subsists.