Trade mark restored to Register in certain circumstances
98 Trade mark restored to Register in certain circumstances
If:
the Registrar has removed a trade mark from the Register under subsection 97(1) because no notice of opposition was filed within the period provided under the regulations; and
the Registrar subsequently extends the period within which the notice may be filed; and
a notice of opposition is filed within the extended period;
the Registrar must restore the trade mark to the Register. Also, the trade mark is taken not to have been removed from the Register.
If:
a person filed a notice of opposition under subsection 96(1) to an application for the removal of a trade mark from the Register; and
the person failed to do a thing (the relevant thing):
that the person is required or permitted by the regulations to do in relation to the person’s opposition to the application; and
that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph; and
as a result of the person’s failure to do the relevant thing, the application is taken under the regulations to be unopposed; and
the Registrar removed the trade mark from the Register under paragraph 97(1)(a); and
the Registrar subsequently extends the period under the regulations within which the person is required or permitted to do the relevant thing; and
the person does the relevant thing within the extended period;
the Registrar must restore the trade mark to the Register. Also, the trade mark is taken not to have been removed from the Register.
For file see section 6.
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