Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act No. 194 of 1993)Part IV : Application for Registration20. Non-completed applications |
| (1) | If, by reason of default on the part of the applicant, after acceptance of the application, the registration of a trade mark has not been completed within six months from the date of such acceptance, the registrar shall give notice of the non-completion to the applicant, and, if at the expiration of two months from that notice or of such further time as the registrar may allow, the registration is not completed, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned. |
| (2) | If the application is refused or is conditionally accepted and the applicant, having been advised of the registrar’s objection to the application, or of his conditions for acceptance, fails to take such steps as are available to him under this Act within three months of the date of such advice, or such further time as the registrar may allow, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned. |