Rectification And Correction Of The Register

Chapter VII: Ss. 57-60 

•Power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register [s. 57] 

–Cancel or vary the registration on the ground of

–Any contravention, or

–Failure to observe a condition entered on the register in relation thereto

•Absence/omission of any entry

•Entry made without sufficient cause

•Entry wrongly remaining on register

•And error or defect in the entry

•Correction of register [s. 58] 

–Correct any error in the name, address or description of the registered proprietor of a trade mark, 

–or any other entry relating to the trade mark 

–Enter any change in the name, address or description of the person 

–cancel the entry of a trade mark 

–strike out any goods or classes of goods or services of a trade mark 

–make any consequential amendment or alteration in the certificate of registration 

•Alteration of registered trade marks [s. 59] 

–May be altered if it does not substantially affect the identity of the trade mark