Trademarks Regulations, 1970 (L.I. 667)

Regulation 61:(1) Any person may request the Registrar, on the printed Search Form, to cause a search to be made in respect of specified goods classified in any one class of Schedule 1, to ascertain whether any mark is on record at the date of the search which resembles a trade mark of which duplicate representations accompany the Form.(2) The Registrar shall cause such a search to be made and the person making the request to be informed of the result thereof.(3) Any person who proposes to apply for the registration of a trade mark may apply to the Registrar on the prescribed form for advice as to whether the trade mark, of which duplicate representations shall accompany the form, appears to the Registrar prima facie to be inherently adapted to distinguish within the meaning of section 10 as the case may be in relation to those goods, and shall apply separately in relation to goods comprised within different classes of goods in Schedule 1.(4) A notice of withdrawal of an application for registration of a trade mark given under section 39 (3) of the Act for the purpose of obtaining repayment of any fee paid on the filing of the application shall be given In writing within two months from the date of the notice of the Registrar's objection.

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