Part III Administrative and other supplementary provisions

The register

I163 The register.

1

The registrar shall maintain a register of trade marks.

References in this Act to “the register” are to that register; and references to registration (in particular, in the expression “registered trade mark”) are, unless the context otherwise requires, to registration in that register.

2

There shall be entered in the register in accordance with this Act—

a

registered trade marks,

b

such particulars as may be prescribed of registrable transactions affecting a registered trade mark, and

c

such other matters relating to registered trade marks as may be prescribed.

3

The register shall be kept in such manner as may be prescribed, and provision shall in particular be made for—

a

public inspection of the register, and

b

the supply of certified or uncertified copies, or extracts, of entries in the register.