Singapore legislation

Clause 28

of Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill

Clause 28

Amendment of section 48

Section 48 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “goods” wherever it appears in the proviso, in each case the words “or services”; and

(b)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) The reference in the proviso to subsection (1) to the use of a trade mark by a person’s predecessor in title shall, as respects use in relation to services before the commencement of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1990, be construed as references to use by any predecessor of his in business.(3) Nothing in section 46(1) shall be construed as making applicable to a trade mark registered in Part B of the register subsection (1) relating to a trade mark registered in Part A of the register.”.