Singapore legislation
Regulation 77AA
Regulation 77AA
Continued processing of application
Subregulation 1
This rule applies to an application for registration of a trade mark that, on or after 26 May 2022, is treated as withdrawn under —
section 12(5) of, paragraph 6(3) or 7(4) of the First Schedule to, or paragraph 7(3) or 8(4) of the Second Schedule to, the Act; or
rule 9(6B)(a), 21(5) or 24(2).
Subregulation 2
The applicant may make a request to the Registrar in Form CM13 for the Registrar to continue processing the application.
Subregulation 3
The Registrar must reject the request unless —
the request is made within 2 months starting on the date the application is treated as withdrawn; and
the request is accompanied by the document or thing the non-filing or late filing of which resulted in the application being treated as withdrawn.
Subregulation 4
If the request complies with this rule, the Registrar must continue to process the application unless there is a good and sufficient reason to refuse the request.
Subregulation 5
To avoid doubt, a reference in this rule to an application that is treated as withdrawn includes one that is treated as withdrawn only in relation to some of the goods or services for which registration is sought.