76. Use of trade mark for export trade, and use where form of trade connection changes
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The application in Singapore of a trade mark to goods to be exported from Singapore and any other act done in Singapore in relation to goods to be so exported which, if done in relation to goods to be sold or otherwise traded in within Singapore, would constitute use of a trade mark therein, shall be deemed to constitute use of the trade mark in relation to those goods for any purpose for which such use is material under this Act or at common law.
trade mark
“trade mark” means —(a)except in relation to a defensive or a certification trade mark, a mark used or proposed to be used in relation to goods or services for the purpose of indicating or so as to indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the goods or services and a person who has the right, either as proprietor or as registered user, to use the mark, whether with or without an indication of the identity of that person;(b)in relation to a defensive trade mark, a mark registered under section 41; and(c)in relation to a certification trade mark, a mark registered under section 68;
Any act done in Singapore in relation to services for use outside Singapore which, if done in relation to services provided within Singapore for use there, would constitute use of a trade mark in Singapore, shall be deemed to constitue use of the trade mark in relation to those services for any purpose for which such use is material under this Act or at common law.
The use of a registered trade mark in relation to goods or services between which and the person using it any form of connection in the course of trade subsists shall not be deemed to be likely to cause deception or confusion on the ground only that the trade mark has been, or is, used in relation to goods or services between which and that person or a predecessor in title of his a different form of connection in the course of trade subsisted or subsists.
registered trade mark
“registered trade mark” means a trade mark which is actually upon the register;