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Long Title

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS

Introductory

Application for registration of trade mark

Grounds for refusal of registration

Priority

Registration procedure

Series of trade marks

Duration, renewal and alteration of registered trade mark

Cancellation, revocation and invalidity

Miscellaneous

Part III RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF PROPRIETOR OF REGISTERED TRADE MARK

Rights of proprietor of registered trade mark

Infringement proceedings

Part IV REGISTERED TRADE MARK AS OBJECT OF PROPERTY

Part V LICENSING

Part VI OFFENCES

Part VII INTERNATIONAL MATTERS

The Madrid Protocol, etc.

The Paris Convention, the TRIPS Agreement and well known trade marks: supplementary provisions

Part VIII COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS

Part IX ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

The Registrar

The Register

Powers and duties of Registrar

Forms, fees, hours of business and publication

Trade mark agents

Part X ASSISTANCE BY BORDER AUTHORITIES

Border enforcement measures

Powers of search

Part XI MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE Collective Marks

SECOND SCHEDULE Certification Marks

THIRD SCHEDULE Transitional Provisions

Legislative Source Key

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 24/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 24/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/07/2007.
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National emblems, etc., of Convention countries: Article 6ter of Paris Convention, etc.
56.
—(1)  A trade mark which consists of or contains the flag of a Convention country shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country, unless it appears to the Registrar that use of the flag in the manner proposed is permitted without such authorisation.
(2)  A trade mark which consists of or contains the armorial bearings or any other state emblem of a Convention country which is protected under the Paris Convention or the TRIPS Agreement shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country.
(3)  A trade mark which consists of or contains an official sign or hallmark adopted by a Convention country and indicating control and warranty shall not, where the sign or hallmark is protected under the Paris Convention or the TRIPS Agreement, be registered in relation to goods or services of the same, or a similar kind, as those in relation to which it indicates control and warranty, without the authorisation of the competent authorities of the country concerned.
(4)  The provisions of this section as to national flags and other state emblems, and official signs or hallmarks, apply equally to anything which from a heraldic point of view imitates any such flag or other emblem, or sign or hallmark.
(5)  Nothing in this section prevents the registration of a trade mark on the application of a national of a country who is authorised to make use of a state emblem, or official sign or hallmark, of that country, notwithstanding that it is similar to that of another country.
(6)  Where by virtue of this section the authorisation of the competent authorities of a Convention country is or would be required for the registration of a trade mark, those authorities are entitled to restrain by injunction any use in the course of trade of the trade mark in Singapore without their authorisation.
[UK Trade Marks Act 1994, s. 57]