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17.
—(1) Where —
(a)
after examination and publication under rules 11 and 12 —
(i)
the period of 18 months from the date on which the notification of the request for extension of protection to Singapore was sent to Singapore has not expired, but the period for giving notification of refusal based on an opposition in accordance with rule 13(6) expires without a notification of refusal (whether based on opposition or otherwise) having been given;
(ii)
the period of 18 months from the date on which the notification of the request for extension of protection to Singapore was sent to Singapore has expired, and the period for giving notice of opposition specified in rule 13(1) (including any extended period) expires without a notice of opposition having been given;
(iii)
notification of refusal has been given in respect of only some of the goods or services in respect of which protection in Singapore has been requested and the holder has made no representations within the period specified in rule 11(4) (including any extended period) or has filed no counter-statement within the period specified in rule 14(1) (including any extended period), as the case may be; or that the holder has informed the Registrar that he does not intend to make such representations or file a counter-statement; or
(iv)
notification of refusal has been given in respect of all or some of the goods or services in respect of which protection in Singapore has been requested and the Registrar notifies the International Bureau in accordance with rule 16(4) that a final decision has been made that the refusal is withdrawn, or is withdrawn in respect of some of the goods or services in respect of which protection in Singapore has been requested; or
(b)
the period of 18 months from the date on which the notification of the request for extension of protection to Singapore was sent to Singapore expires without any notification of refusal having been given and without the International Bureau having been informed that oppositions may be filed after the expiry of that period,
the trade mark which is the subject of the request for protection shall thereupon be protected as a protected international trade mark (Singapore); and in a case where a refusal subsists in respect of some of the goods or services in respect of which protection in Singapore has been requested, protection shall apply only as regards the remaining goods or services.
(2) For the purposes of the application by these Rules of the provisions of the Act, a trade mark so protected shall be treated as being registered under the Act as of —
(a)
where the request for extension of protection to Singapore is mentioned in the international application, the date of the international registration; or
(b)
where the request for such extension is made subsequently to the international registration, the date on which the request is recorded in the International Register.
(3) Paragraph (2) is subject to rule 26.