Trade Marks Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 4541

Trade Marks Regulations2(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Trade Marks Act 1955.

Dated 12 December 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

ROSS FREE

Minister of State for Science and Technology

1.Commencement

1.1 Regulation 8 commences on 1 January 1992.

[NOTE:

  The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48]

2.Amendment

2.1 The Trade Marks Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.Regulation 3 (Interpretation)

3.1 Subregulation 3 (1) (definition of “patent attorney”):

Omit the definition, substitute:

“‘patent attorney’ means a person registered as a patent attorney under section 198 of the Patents Act 1990;”.

4.Regulation 5 (Preparation of documents generally)

4.1 Subregulation 5 (3):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(3)

Where a document received at the Trade Marks Office is not in accordance with these Regulations, the Registrar may:

• (a)

  treat the document as not having been lodged at the Trade Marks Office; or

• (b)

  treat the document as having been lodged, but require the applicants to make such alterations as are necessary.”.

5.Regulation 7 (Form of application for registration of a trade mark)

5.1 Subregulation 7 (1):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(1)

Subject to subregulation (1A), an application for the registration of a trade mark must be in accordance with Form 1.

“(1A)

An application for registration of a trade mark in Part A of the Register may be made in accordance with a form provided by the Registrar for the purpose.

“(1B)

If a form is provided by the Registrar under subregulation (1A), an applicant must complete the form in accordance with any directions on the form.”.

6.Regulation 26 (Application for registration as a registered user)

Omit “with Form 10.”, substitute:

“with:

• (a)

  Form 10; or

• (b)

  a form provided by the Registrar for the purpose.”.

7.Schedule 2 (Fees)

7.1 Item 10:

Omit the item.

8.Schedule 4 (Classification of goods and services)

8.1 Item 7:

After “motors”, insert “and engines”;

8.2  Item 7:

Omit “belting”, substitute “transmission components”.

8.3  Item 29:

After “jams”, insert “, fruit sauces”.

8.4 Item 29:

Omit “; salad dressings; preserves”.

8.5 Item 30:

Omit “(except salad dressings)”, substitute “(condiments)”.

8.6 Part II:

Omit the Part, substitute:

Part II

Classes of Services

35. Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions

36. Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs

37. Building construction; repair; installation services

38. Telecommunications

39. Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement

40. Treatment of materials

41. Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities

42. Providing of food and drink; temporary accommodation; medical, hygienic and beauty care; veterinary and agricultural services; legal services; scientific and industrial research; computer programming; services that cannot be placed in other classes.

9.Schedule 4A (Convention countries for the purposes of the Act)

9.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:

Schedule 4A

Subregulation 11A (1)

 

CONVENTION COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT

Algeria

Argentina

Austria

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

Benin

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Cuba

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Denmark (including Faroe Islands)

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Finland

France (including all Overseas

Departments and Territories)

Gabon

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Holy See

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Lebanon

Lesotho

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)

New Zealand (excluding the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Rwanda

San Marino

Senegal

South Africa

Soviet Union

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Kingdom (including Hong Kong and the Isle of Man)

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America (including all territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Uruguay

Viet Nam

Yugoslavia

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

  

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1991.

2. Statutory Rules 1958 No. 48 as amended by 1961 No. 36; 1973 No. 289; 1975 No. 202; 1977 No. 179; 1979 Nos. 11 and 109; 1980 No. 319; 1982 Nos. 79 and 234; 1983 No. 312; 1984 No. 255; 1986 Nos. 261 and 262; 1987 No. 13; 1988 No. 102; 1989 Nos. 94 and 312; 1990 Nos. 30 and 241; 1991 No. 64.