cap/416 (Cap. 416)

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1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. PART II
4. Art. 3 Property right.
5. Art. 4 Absolute ground for refusal.
6. Art. 5 Speciallyprotected emblems.
7. Art. 6 Relative grounds for refusal of registration.
8. Art. 7 Meaning of "earlier trademark".
9. Art. 8 Power to remove relative grounds for refusal of registration.
10. Art. 9 Rights conferred by a registered trademark.
11. Art. 10 Infringement of a registered trademark.
12. Art. 12 Proprietor may not prohibit use.
13. Art. 13 Registration subject to disclaimer or limitation.
14. Art. 14 Action for infringement.
15. Art. 15 Order for erasure, etc., of offending sign.
16. Art. 16 Order for delivery up of infringing goods, material or articles.
17. Art. 18 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available. L.N. 186 of 2006.
18. Art. 20 Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings.
19. Art. 21 Nature of a registered trademark.
20. Art. 22 Co-ownership of a registered trademark.
21. Art. 23 Transmission of a registered trademark.
22. Art. 24 Registration of transactions affecting a registered trademark.
23. Art. 25 Application for registration of a trademark as an object of property.
24. Art. 26 Licensing of a registered trademark.
25. Art. 27 Exclusive licences. infringement.
26. Art. 29 Exclusive licensee having right and remedies of assignee.
27. Art. 30 Application for registration.
28. Art. 31 Date of filing.
29. Art. 32 Classification of trademarks.
30. Art. 33 Claimtopriorityof Convention application. Claim to priority fromotherrelevant overseas application.
31. Art. 35 Examination of application.
32. Art. 36 Withdrawal, restriction or amendment of application.
33. Art. 37 Registration.
34. Art. 38 Duration of registration.
35. Art. 39 Renewal of registration.
36. Art. 40 Alteration of a registered trademark.
37. Art. 41 Surrender of a registered trademark.
38. Art. 42 Revocation of registration.
39. Art. 43 Grounds for invalidity of registration.
40. Art. 44 Effect of acquiescence.
41. Art. 45 Collective marks.
42. Art. 46 Certification marks.
43. PART III
44. Art. 47 The Madrid Protocol.
45. Art. 48 Power to make provision giving effect to Madrid Protocol.
46. Art. 49 The Paris Convention.
47. Art. 50 Protection of well- knowntrademarks: Article 6 bis.
48. Art. 51 National emblems, etc., of Convention countries: Article 6ter.
49. Art. 52 Emblems, etc., of certain international organisations: Article 6ter.
50. Art. 53 Notification under Article 6ter of the Convention.
51. PART IV
52. Art. 55 Maintenance and content of register.
53. Art. 56 Rectification or correction of the register.
54. Art. 57 Adaptation of entries to new classification.
55. Art. 58 Power to require use forms.
56. Art. 60 Exclusion of liability in respect of official acts.
57. Art. 61 Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.
58. Art. 62 Certification of validity of contested registration.
59. Art. 63 Comptroller’s appearance in proceedings involving the register.
60. Art. 64 Appeals from the Comptroller’s decision.
61. Art. 65 Power of Minister to make rules. Fees.
62. Art. 67 Hours of business and business days.
63. Art. 68 Recognition of agents.
64. Art. 69 The register of trademark agents/ attorneys. with registered trademark agents. Cap. 12.
65. Art. 71 Power to Comptroller to refuse to deal with certain agents.
66. PART V
67. Art. 72 Unauthorised use of trademark, etc., in relation to goods.
68. Art. 73 Falsification of register, etc.
69. Art. 75 Unauthorised use of certain devices, emblems, etc.
70. Art. 76 Delivery up to infringing articles, etc.
71. Art. 77 Powers of Magistrates.
72. Art. 78 Where owner of goods is unknown.
73. Art. 80 Procedure where owner in unknown.
74. Art. 81 Award of compensation to parties in good faith.
75. Art. 82 Limitation of criminal actions.
76. Art. 83 Use of forged marks. L.N. 426 of 2007.
77. Art. 85 Right to damages not affected.
78. Art. 86 Employer and employee.
79. PART VI
80. Art. 87 Burden of proving use of trademark.
81. Art. 88 Limitationsofcivil action.
82. PART VII
83. Art. 89 Interpretation. Cap. 29.
84. Art. 90 Existing registered marks.
85. Art. 91 Proceedings under the Old Law.
86. Art. 92 Effects of registration infringement.
87. Art. 93 Infringing goods, material or articles.
88. Art. 94 Rights and remedies of licensee or authorised user.
89. Art. 95 Co-ownership of a registered mark.
90. Art. 96 Assignment, etc., of a registered mark. Cap. 29.
91. Art. 97 Licensing of a registered mark.
92. Art. 98 Pending applications for registration.
93. Art. 99 Conversion of pending application.
94. Art. 101 Claim to priority from overseas application.
95. Art. 102 Duration and renewal of registration.
96. Art. 11