Section 22 Trade Marks Act 1967

Section 22 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Registration. It is under ‘Procedure for and duration of registration’ of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) When an application for registration of a trade mark in Part A or in Part B of the
register has been accepted, and either-
(a) the application has not been opposed and the time for notice of opposition has expired; or
(b) the application has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant, the Registrar shall, unless the application has been accepted in error, register the trade mark in Part A or Part B, as the case may be.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to international arrangements, a trade mark, when registered, shall be registered as of the date of the application for registration, and that date shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be the date of registration.

(3) On the registration of a trade mark, the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a
certificate of registration in the prescribed form sealed with the seal of the Registrar.

(4) Where registration of a trade mark is not completed within twelve months from
the date of the application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar may, after giving notice of the non-completion to the applicant in writing in the prescribed manner, treat the application as abandoned unless it is completed within the time specified in that behalf in the notice.

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