Act 17
Trademarks Act
2010
(ii) as regards any services or goods in respect of which it
is registered as a defensive trademark on the ground
that there is no longer any likelihood that the use of the
trademark in relation to those services or goods would
detract from its distinctive character in respect of the
services in section 51(1).
(2) The registrar may at any time cancel the registration as a
defensive trademark in respect of goods or services or both, of a
trademark of which there is no longer any registration in respect of
goods or services in the name of the same owner otherwise than as a
defensive trademark.
49. Permitted user.
(1) Subject to this section, a person other than the owner of a
trademark may be registered as a permitted user in respect of all or any
of the goods or services in respect of which it is registered otherwise
than as a defensive trademark with or without conditions or restriction.
(2) The use of a trademark by a permitted user in relation to
goods or services with which he or she is connected in the course of
trade and in respect of which for the time being the trademark remains
registered and he or she is registered as permitted user, complying
with any conditions or restrictions to which his or her registration is
subject, is in this Act referred to as the “permitted use”.
(3) The permitted use of a trademark shall be taken to be used by
the owner of the trademark and shall be taken not to be used by a
person other than the owner for the purposes of section 46 and for any
other purpose for which the use is material under this Act.
(4) Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a
permitted user of a trademark is entitled to call upon the owner of the
trademark to take proceedings to prevent infringement.
(5) Where the owner refuses or neglects to take proceedings
within two months after being called upon, the permitted user may
institute proceedings for infringement in his or her own name as if he
or she were the owner making the owner a defendant.
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