Trademarks Act 2019 · Updated to 18 Mar 2022 · Part XIV · Trademark Agents
97. Registration of trademark agent
Feedback & supportThe Registrar shall register a person as a registered trademark agent if he satisfies the prescribed requirements and enters his name in the Register of Trademark Agents.
Registrar
“Registrar” means a person appointed as a Registrar of Trademarks under subsection 10(1);
For the purposes of this Part, the Registrar may—
cancel the registration of trademark agent on the grounds as may be prescribed;
allow voluntary cancellation of the registration of a trademark agent upon the application made by the registered trademark agent;
allow a change of name or address of service of the registered trademark agent upon the application made by the registered trademark agent;
remove the registration of a trademark agent upon the death of the registered trademark agent; and
refuse to recognize any person as a registered trademark agent subject to any circumstances as prescribed.
Any cancellation of the registration of a trademark agent shall result in the removal of the name of the registered trademark agent from the Register of Trademark Agents.
registered trademark
“registered trademark” has the meaning assigned to it under section 16;
The removal of the registered trademark agent from the
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Register of Trademark Agents and all the applications for registration or registrations of trademarks handled by the registered trademark agent shall be published by the Registrar in the manner as determined by the Registrar in the Intellectual Property Official
Journal.
The Registrar shall register partnerships and bodies corporate as trademark agents if they satisfy the prescribed requirements and upon registration, they shall be bound by the requirements specified in subsections (2), (3) and (4).
prescribed
“prescribed” means, in relation to proceedings before the Court or preliminary thereto or connected therewith, prescribed by rules of court made by the Rules Committee constituted under the Courts of Judicature Act 1964, and in other cases, prescribed by the Minister in the regulations made under this Act;
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