The Trade Marks Rules 2000

Deficiencies in application; s. 32

11.  Where an application for registration of a trade mark does not satisfy the requirements of section 32(2), (3) or (4) or rule 5(1) or 8(2), the registrar shall send notice thereof to the applicant to remedy the deficiencies or, in the case of section 32(4), the default of payment and if within two months of the date of the notice the applicant–

(a)fails to remedy any deficiency notified to him in respect of section 32(2), the application shall be deemed never to have been made; or

(b)fails to remedy any deficiency notified to him in respect of section 32(3) or rule 5(1) or 8(2) or fails to make payment as required by section 32(4) the application shall be treated as abandoned.