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STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1914.
No. 1256.
TRADE MARKS.
Trade Marks (Temporary) Rules, 1914. Dated
21st August, 1914.
By virtue of the provisions of the Patents, Designs and
Trade Marks (Temporary Rules) Act, 1914, the Board of
Trade hereby make the following Rules :—
1. The Board of Trade may, on the application of any
person, and subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as
they may think fit, order the avoidance or suspension, in whole
or in part, of the registration of any Trade Mark the proprietor
whereof is a subject of any State at war with His Majesty, and
the Board, before granting any such application, may require
to be satisfied on the following heads :—
(a) That the proprietor is the subject of a State at war with
His Majesty ;
(b) That the person applying intends to manufacture, or
cause to be manufactured, the goods or airy of them
in respect of which the Trade Mark is registered ;
(c) That it is in the general interests of the country or of a
section of the community, or of a trade, that the
registration of the Trade Mark should be so avoided
or suspended.
The fee to be paid on any such application shall be that
specified in the First Schedule to these Rules.
An application under this section must be made on Form
T.M. No. 36 contained in the Second Schedule to these Rules,
and shall be filed at the Patent Office.
The Board of Trade may at any time, in their absolute
discretion, revoke any avoidance or suspension of any regis
tration of a Trade Mark ordered by them.