Geographical Indications Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Exceptions
14. Exception for failure to take action
Feedback & supportNo action under section 4 against a person for the use of a trade mark which contains or consists of a geographical indication may be brought after the expiry of 5 years beginning immediately after the earlier of the following dates:
use
“use” means use as part of, or in connection with —(a)any transaction, including a purchase, a sale or an exchange;(b)any importing or exporting;(c)any advertisement; or(d)any invoice, wine list, catalogue, business letter, business paper, price list or other commercial document;
the date on which such use by that person or that person’s predecessor in title has become generally known in Singapore;
the date on which the trade mark was actually registered under the Trade Marks Act 1998 or any previous written law relating to trade marks, if the trade mark has been published by that date.
Subsection (1) does not apply where the trade mark was used, or registered, in bad faith.