Section 162
Power to make regulations
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may provide for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
to regulate the practice, other than that relating to proceedings before the court or connected therewith, under this Act including service of documents;
(b)
to classify goods or services for the purpose of registration of trademarks;
(c)
to provide for all matters relating to registration of trademark including renewal of registered trademark;
(d)
to provide for all matters relating to alteration or voluntary cancellation of registered trademark, revocation or invalidity of registration, or correction of
Register;
(e)
to secure and regulate the publishing and selling or distributing in such manner as the Minister may think fit of copies of extracts of trademarks and other documents from the record or Register;
(f)
to prescribe fees to be paid for any matter or thing under this Act;
(g)
to regulate all matters relating to registered trademarks agents;
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(h)
to regulate matters relating to the registration listing goods or services comprising more than one class in one application;
(i)
to regulate all matters relating to division of application for registration or registered trademarks;
(j)
to regulate all matters relating to merger of application for registration or registered trademarks;
(k)
to regulate all matters relating to certification mark and collective mark;
(l)
to regulate all matters relating to a series trademark;
(m)
to regulate generally on matters pertaining to the business operation relating to trademarks carried on in any Trademarks Office whether or not specifically prescribed under this Act but so as not to be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act;
(n)
to regulate the matters in determining whether a trademark is well-known and has fulfilled the requirement stipulated under Article 6bis of the Paris
Convention and Article 16 of the TRIPS Agreement;
(o)
to regulate the use of trademarks including how the trademark is applied to or applied in relation to goods or services;
(p)
to regulate matters relating to use of trademarks on the internet;
(q)
to provide for the manner and effect of a cancellation and for protecting the interests of other persons having a right in the registered trademark;
(r)
to regulate all matters relating to border measures;
(s)
to prescribe the entry, particulars or matters to be entered into the record or Register; and
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(t)
to prescribe for all matters relating to appeals filed in
Court following the decision of the Registrar relating to the time for starting the action or the manner for an application to be made for an extension of that time, subject to the provisions of the rules of court.
(3)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Rules Committee constituted under the Courts of Judicature Act 1964, may make rules of court regulating the practice and procedure in relation to proceedings before the Court or connected therewith and the costs of the proceedings.