Singapore legislation
Section 42
Section 42
Licensing of registered trade mark
(1)
A licence to use a registered trade mark may be general or limited.
(2)
A limited licence may, in particular, apply in relation to some but not all of the goods or services for which the trade mark is registered.
(3)
A licence is not effective unless it is in writing signed by or on behalf of the grantor.
(4)
Subsection (3) may be satisfied in a case where the grantor is a body corporate by the affixing of its seal.
(5)
Subject to subsection (7), a licence to use a registered trade mark is binding on every successor in title to the grantor’s interest —
except any person who, in good faith and without any notice (actual or constructive) of the licence, has given valuable consideration for the interest in the registered trade mark; or
unless the licence provides otherwise,and any reference in this Act to doing anything with, or without, the consent of the proprietor of a registered trade mark is to be construed accordingly.
(6)
Every person is deemed to have notice of a licence if the prescribed particulars of the grant of the licence are entered in the register under section 39(1).
(7)
Where an application under section 39(1) is made before 1 July 2004 to register the prescribed particulars of the grant of a licence, then, unless the licence provides otherwise, the licence is binding on every successor in title to the grantor’s interest.
(8)
Where the licence so provides, a sub-licence may be granted by the licensee; and references in this Act to a licence or licensee include references to a sub‑licence or sub‑licensee.