Hong Kong Regulations

TRADE MARKS RULES - RULE 22

Advertisement of application

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ADVERTISEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MARK (SECTION 14)

(1) An application for the registration of a trade mark required or permitted
to be advertised by section 14 shall be advertised by the applicant in one
issue of the Gazette; and subrule (5) shall apply.

(2) In the case of an application with which the Registrar proceeds only after
the applicant has lodged the written consent to the proposed registration of
the registered proprietor of another trade mark or another applicant, the
words "BY CONSENT" and the number of the other mark shall appear in the
advertisement.

(3) If, with the approval of the Registrar, no representation of the trade
mark is included in the advertisement of the application, the applicant shall
supply a detailed description of the trade mark, approved by the Registrar,
and shall state in the advertisement that a representation of the trade mark
is deposited in the Registry for inspection.

(4) When an application relates to a series of trade marks the Registrar may,
if he thinks fit, direct the applicant to insert with the advertisement of the
application a statement of the manner in which the several trade marks differ
from one another.

(5) Where a mark consists of other than a word or words in plain type, the
applicant for its registration shall, if required by the Registrar for the
purposes of advertisement, supply to the Government Printer a representation
of the mark which permits direct reproduction by electro-static processes and
photo-offset in an unlimited number of copies; and such a representation shall
be of such dimensions as the Registrar may require or permit for the purpose.
(Enacted 1992)