Trade Marks Act 1998 |
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 1999 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into operation on 4th June 1999. |
Amendment of rule 2 |
2. Rule 2(1) of the Trade Marks Rules 1998 (G.N. No. S 635/98) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of "specification" and substituting a semicolon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
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Amendment of rule 15 |
3. Rule 15 (3) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words "part of". |
Amendment of rule 18 |
4. Rule 18 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words "There shall be filed together with the application form" in the 1st line and substituting the words "An applicant claiming a right of priority shall file with the Registrar". |
Deletion and substitution of rule 21 |
Amendment of rule 30 |
6. Rule 30 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word "Gazette" in sub-paragraph (b), the words "or, as the case may be, the Trade Marks Journal,". |
Amendment of rule 77 |
7. Rule 77 of the principal Rules is amended —
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New rule 77A |
8. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 77, the following rule:
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New rule 86A |
9. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 86, the following rule:
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Amendment of rule 89 |
10. Rule 89 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word "proceeding" in the last line, the words ", and such time or period may be extended by the Registrar by such period and upon such terms as the Registrar considers fit". |
Miscellaneous amendments |
11. The principal Rules are amended by deleting the word “Gazette” in the following rules and substituting in each case the words “Trade Marks Journal”:
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Amendment of First Schedule |
12. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —
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Amendment of Second Schedule |
13. The Second Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by deleting Forms TM 4, TM 9, TM 26, TM 37, TM 38 and TM 39 and substituting the following Forms respectively: |
Made this 19th day of May 1999.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law, Singapore. |
[LAW 18/001/003 Vol. 2; AG/LEG/SL/332/96/2 Vol. 3] |