TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 247 Restoration of trade mark removed from old register for non-payment of renewal fee

TRADE MARKS ACT 1994 No. 156 of 1994 - SECT 247

247.(1) If:

   (a)  a trade mark was removed from the old register under subsection 70(2)
        of the repealed Act because the registration of the trade mark had
        expired and had not been renewed; and

   (b)  the registration of the trade mark had expired within 12 months before
        the commencing day; then, if the Registrar is satisfied that it is
        just to do so, the Registrar may, within 12 months from the day on
        which the registration expired:

   (c)  make an entry in the Register to the effect that all particulars of
        the trade mark removed from the old register under the repealed Act
        are restored to the Register; and

   (d)  renew the registration of the trade mark for the period beginning on
        the commencing day that, together with the period immediately before
        the commencing day during which the trade mark remained unregistered,
        equals 14 years.

(2) The renewal may be subject to any conditions or limitations that the
Registrar thinks fit to impose.

(3) The Registrar must give notice of his or her decision in accordance with
the regulations.

(4) An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the
review of a decision of the Registrar under this section.