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TRADE MARKS ACT
whether under the common law or by
registration, to the exclusive use of the
trade mark in relation to the article, substance or service in question or to any
goods or services of the same description;
or
(ii) if the trade mark contains that word or
those words and other matter, all such
rights of the proprietor to the exclusive use
of that word or those words in relation to
the article, substance or service in question
or to any goods or services of the same description;
shall be deemed to have ceased on the date at which the
use mentioned in paragraph (a) of the proviso to
subsection (1) first became well known and established
or at the expiration of the period of two years mentioned in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of that
proviso, as the case may be.
(3) No word which is the commonly used and accepted name of any single chemical element or single
chemical compound, as distinguished from a mixture,
shall be registered as a trade mark in respect of a
chemical substance or preparation, and any such
registration in force at the appointed day or thereafter
shall, notwithstanding anything in section sixteen, be
deemed, for the purposes of section thirty-seven, to be
an entry made in the Register without sufficient cause
or an entry wrongly remaining on the Register, as the
circumstances may require:
Provided that this subsection shall not have effect in
relation to a word which is used to denote only a brand
or make of the element or compound as made by the
proprietor or a registered user of the trade mark, as
distinguished from the element or compound as made
by others, and in association with a suitable name or
description open to public use.
(b)
accept the application absolutely or subject to
such amendments, modifications, conditions or
limitations, if any, as he may think fit.
20 Effect of limitation as to colour and of
absence thereof
(1) A trade mark may be limited in whole or in part
to one or more specified colours, and in any such case
the fact that it is so limited shall be taken into consideration by the Registrar in deciding on the distinctive
character of the trade mark.
(2) If and so far as a trade mark is registered without
limitation of colour, it shall be deemed to be registered
for all colours.
PART V
PROCEDURE FOR, AND DURATION OF, REGISTRATION IN
PART A OR PART B
21 Application for registration in Part A or Part
B
(1) Any person who—
(a) claims to be the proprietor of a trade mark used
or proposed to be used by him; and
(b) is desirous of registering that trade mark; shall
apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed
manner for registration in Part A or Part B, as
the case may be, of the Register.
(2) Subject to this Act, the Registrar, on receipt of an
application in terms of subsection (1), may—
(a) refuse the application; or
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(3) In the case of an application for registration of a
trade mark in Part A of the Register, the Registrar may,
if the applicant is willing, instead of refusing the
application,
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