Act 17
Trademarks Act
2010
(a) that the use would not be likely to be taken as indicating a
connection in the course of trade between those other goods
or services or those services or both, as the case may be and
a person entitled to use the trademark in relation to the
goods or services; and
(b) that the owner registered in respect of the goods or services
does not use or propose to use the trademark in relation to
other goods or services or both, as the case may be and
notwithstanding section 48, the trademark may, on the
application in the prescribed manner of the owner
registered in respect of the goods or services, be registered
in his or her name in respect of other goods or services or
both, as the case may be, as a defensive trademark and
while registered, shall not be liable to be taken off the
register in respect of those goods or those services under
section 48.
(2) In determining whether a trademark relating to goods or
services is exceptionally well known and whether its use in relation
to other goods or to services or both, would be likely to detract from
its distinctive character in respect of goods or services for which it is
registered, the registrar shall have regard to all related circumstances,
including—
(a) the length of time the trademark has been in use;
(b) the extent to which it has become well known in relation to
the goods or services in respect of which it is registered;
(c) the nature of those goods or services; and
(d) whether the notoriety of the mark is limited because of its
use on goods or services that do not have wide distribution.
(3) The registered owner of a trademark relating to goods or
services may apply for the registration of a trademark in respect of
goods or services as a defensive trademark notwithstanding that it is
already registered in his name in respect of those goods or services
otherwise than as a defensive trademark or may apply for the
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