Act 17 Trademarks Act 2010 (9) The registrar or the court may at any time whether before or after acceptance, correct any error in or in connection with the application or may permit the applicant to amend his or her application upon terms as the registrar or the court, may think fit. Trademark to be for particular goods or services. (1) A trademark relating to goods or services shall be registered in respect of particular goods or classes of goods. 8. (2) A question arising as to the class within which goods or services fall shall be determined by the registrar. 9. Distinctiveness requisite for registration under Part A. (1) In order for a trademark other than a certification mark to be registered in Part A of the register, the trademark shall contain or consist of at least one of the following essential particulars— (a) the name of a company, individual or firm, represented in a special or particular manner; (b) the signature of the applicant for registration or of some predecessor in his or her business; (c) an invented word or invented words; (d) a word or words having no direct reference to the character or quality of the goods or services, and not being according to its ordinary signification, a geographical name or a surname; or (e) any other distinctive mark, but a name, signature or word or words, other than words within the descriptions in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), shall not be registrable under this paragraph except upon evidence of its distinctiveness. (2) For the purposes of this section, “distinctive” means— 10