PERATURAN-PERATURAN CAP DAGANGAN (PINDAAN) 2022

Peraturan-Peraturan Cap Dagangan 2019 [P.U. (A) 373/2019], yang dirujuk sebagai “Peraturan-Peraturan ibu” dalam Peraturan-Peraturan ini, dipinda dalam peraturan 53—

Peraturan 55 Peraturan-Peraturan ibu dipinda dengan memasukkan selepas subperaturan (2) subperaturan yang berikut:

“(3)

Bagi maksud prosiding bangkangan yang berhubungan dengan pendaftaran cap kolektif yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi atau cap perakuan yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi, sebutan mengenai cap dagangan dalam subperaturan 23(4) hendaklah ditafsirkan sebagai sebutan kepada petunjuk geografi yang didaftarkan di bawah

Akta Petunjuk Geografi 2022 [Akta 836] atau mana-mana undang-undang bertulis terdahulu yang berhubungan dengan petunjuk geografi.”.

Peraturan-Peraturan ibu dipinda dengan menggantikan perenggan 57(1)(b) dengan perenggan yang berikut:

“(b)

suatu pernyataan yang menunjukkan alasan bangkangan bagi ketidakpatuhan kehendak di bawah subperenggan 6(1)

Jadual Pertama kepada Akta, subperenggan 6(1) Jadual Kedua kepada Akta, perenggan 6A Jadual Pertama kepada Akta atau perenggan 6A Jadual Kedua kepada Akta.”.

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Peraturan baharu 57A

5.

Peraturan-Peraturan ibu dipinda dengan memasukkan selepas peraturan 57

peraturan yang berikut:

“Butir-butir tambahan dikehendaki untuk pembaharuan atau kemasukan semula cap kolektif yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi dan cap perakuan yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi 57A. (1) Menurut perenggan 9A Jadual Pertama kepada Akta dan perenggan 10A Jadual Kedua kepada Akta, jika pendaftaran cap kolektif yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi atau cap perakuan yang terdiri daripada petunjuk geografi adalah berasaskan kepada suatu petunjuk geografi yang dilindungi di negara atau wilayah asalnya, tuan punya berdaftar itu hendaklah memfailkan suatu permintaan untuk pembaharuan atau kemasukan semula di bawah seksyen 39 Akta disertai suatu salinan perakuan atau apa-apa dokumen untuk membuktikan perlindungan itu wujud di negara atau wilayah asalnya sehingga Pendaftar berpuas hati.

Dibuat 17 Mac 2022

[KPDN.100-1/3/2; PN(PU2)316/VI]

DATO SRI ALEXANDER NANTA LINGGI

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna

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TRADEMARKS ACT 2019

TRADEMARKS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2022

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 162 of the Trademarks Act 2019 [Act 815], the Minister makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement 1.

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Trademarks (Amendment)

Regulations 2022.

(2)

These Regulations come into operation on 18 March 2022.

Amendment of regulation 53

2.

The Trademarks Regulations 2019 [P. U. (A) 373/2019], which is referred to as the

“principal Regulations” in these Regulations, is amended in regulation 53—

(a)

by inserting after subregulation (1) the following subregulation:

“(1A)

If the applicant files an application for registration of a collective mark which consists of geographical indication or a certification mark which consists of geographical indication, and the geographical indication relates to a country other than Malaysia, the applicant shall—

(a)

comply with the requirements under subregulation (1); and

(b)

furnish the

Registrar with evidence that the geographical indication is protected as a geographical indication in its country or territory of origin.”; and

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(b)

in subregulation (2), by inserting after the words “subregulation (1)”

the words “or (1A)”.

Amendment of regulation 55 3.

Regulation 55 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting after subregulation (2) the following subregulation:

“(3)

For the purposes of opposition proceedings relating to the registration of collective marks consisting of geographical indication or certification marks consisting of geographical indication, references to trademark in subregulation 23(4) shall be construed as references to geographical indications registered under the Geographical Indications

Act 2022

[Act 836]

or any previous written law relating to geographical indications.”.

Amendment of regulation 57 4.

Regulation 57 of the principal Regulations is amended by substituting for paragraph 57(1)(b) the following paragraph:

“(b)

a statement indicating the grounds of opposition for non-compliance of the requirements under subparagraph 6(1) of the First Schedule to the Act, subparagraph 6(1) of the

Second Schedule to the Act, paragraph 6A of the First Schedule to the Act or paragraph 6A of the Second Schedule to the Act.”.

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New regulation 57A

5.

The principal Regulations is amended by inserting after regulation 57

the following regulation:

“Additional particulars required for renewal or restoration of collective marks consisting of geographical indication and certification marks consisting of geographical indication 57A. (1) Pursuant to paragraph 9A of the First Schedule to the Act and paragraph 10A of the Second Schedule to the Act, if the registration of collective marks consisting of geographical indication or certification marks consisting of geographical indication is based on a geographical indication protected in its country or territory of origin, the registered proprietor shall file a request for renewal or restoration under section 39

of the Act accompanied by a copy of certificate or any document to prove that the protection exists in its country or territory of origin to the satisfaction of the Registrar.

Made 17 March 2022

[KPDN.100-1/3/2; PN(PU2)316/VI]

DATO SRI ALEXANDER NANTA LINGGI

Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs