

On 19/06/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/12/2011.

13.
—(1) A person (referred to in these Rules as the opponent) may, within 2 months from the date of the publication of the international registration in the Trade Marks Journal, file with the Registrar a notice opposing the conferring of protection on the international registration (referred to in these Rules as the notice of opposition) in Form TM 11.
[S 853/2005 wef 01/01/2006]
(2) The opponent shall enter an address for service in Singapore in the form referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) [Deleted by S 597/2008 wef 01/12/2008]
(4) Rules 29(3) to (8) and 30 of the Trade Marks Rules (R 1) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the filing and contents of a notice of opposition.
(5) For the purposes of applying rule 29(3) to (8) of the Trade Marks Rules —
(a)
a reference in that rule to the date of the publication of the application for registration shall be treated as a reference to the date of publication of the international registration in the Trade Marks Journal; and
(b)
a reference in that rule to the applicant shall be treated as a reference to the holder.
(6) Upon filing of a notice of opposition, the Registrar shall, within 5 months from the date of the publication of the international registration in the Trade Marks Journal, give notification of refusal to the International Bureau stating the matters relating to the opposition.







