Section 30 Trade Marks Act 1967

Section 30 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Registration of assignments, etc. It is under ‘Assignment and transmission’ of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) Where a person becomes entitled by assignment or transmission to a registered trade mark, he shall make application to the Registrar to register his title, and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the application and on proof of title to his satisfaction, register him as the proprietor of the trade mark in respect of the goods in respect of which the assignment or transmission has effect, and shall cause particulars of the assignment or transmission to be entered on the register.

(2) Any decision of the Registrar under this section shall be subject to appeal to the court.

(3) Except for the purposes of an appeal under this section or of an application under section 38 of this Act, a document or instrument in respect of which no entry has been made in the register in accordance with the provisions of subsection (I) of this section, shall not be admitted in evidence in any court in proof of the title to a registered trade mark, unless the court otherwise directs.

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