(2)  Subsections (3) to (8) apply where 2 or more persons are co-proprietors of a registered trade mark, by virtue of subsection (1) or otherwise.

(3)  Subject to any agreement to the contrary, each co-proprietor is entitled, by himself or his agents, to do for his own benefit and without the consent of or the need to account to the other or others, any act which would otherwise amount to an infringement of the registered trade mark.

(4)  One co-proprietor may not, without the consent of the other or others —

(5)  Infringement proceedings may be brought by any co-proprietor, but he may not, without the leave of the Court, proceed with the action unless the other, or each of the others, is either joined as a plaintiff or added as a defendant.

(6)  A co-proprietor who is added as a defendant under subsection (5) shall not be made liable for any costs in the action unless he takes part in the proceedings.

(7)  Nothing in subsection (5) shall affect the granting of interlocutory relief on the application of a single co-proprietor.

(8)  Nothing in this section affects the mutual rights and obligations of trustees or personal representatives, or their rights and obligations as such.

(2)  An assignment or transmission of a registered trade mark may be partial, that is, limited so as to apply in relation to some but not all of the goods or services for which the trade mark is registered.

(3)  An assignment of a registered trade mark, or an assent relating to a registered trade mark, is not effective unless it is in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor or, as the case may be, a personal representative.

(4)  Subsection (3) may be satisfied in a case where the assignor or personal representative is a body corporate by the affixing of its seal.

(5)  Subsections (1) to (4) shall apply to assignment by way of security as they apply to any other assignment.

(6)  A registered trade mark may be the subject of a charge in the same way as other personal or movable property.

(7)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the assignment or transmission of an unregistered trade mark as part of the goodwill of a business.

(2)  The following are registrable transactions under subsection (1):

(3)  Until an application has been made for registration of the prescribed particulars of a registrable transaction —

(4)  A person who becomes the proprietor or a licensee of a registered trade mark by virtue of a registrable transaction is not entitled to damages or account of profits in respect of any infringement of the registered trade mark occurring after the date of the transaction and before the date of application for registration of the prescribed particulars of the transaction.

(5)  Provision may be made by rules as to —

(6)  Provision may also be made by rules as to the amendment or removal from the register of particulars relating to a security interest on the application of, or with the consent of, the person entitled to the benefit of that interest.

(2)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, equities in respect of a registered trade mark may be enforced in like manner as in respect of other personal or movable property.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), the reference in section 37(1) to the granting of a registration shall be construed as a reference to the making of an application for the registration of a trade mark.

(3)  A person claiming to be entitled to an interest in or under an application for registration of a trade mark by virtue of a registrable transaction, or a person claiming to be affected by such a transaction, shall give to the Registrar notice of the prescribed particulars of the transaction.

(4)  The following are registrable transactions under subsection (3):

(5)  Until the notice referred to in subsection (3) has been given to the Registrar, the transaction is ineffective as against a person acquiring a conflicting interest in or under the application for registration of the trade mark in ignorance of it.