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Malaysia Legislation


P.U.(A) 460/97
TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1997

PART IV - REGISTRABLE TRADE MARKS



Regulation 16. Goods or services described on a mark.

(1) Where the name or description of any goods appears on a trade mark for any goods or the name or description of any service appears on a trade mark for any services, the Registrar may refuse to register such mark in respect of any goods or services, as the case may be, other than the goods or services so named or described.

(2) Where the name or description of any goods appears on a trade mark for any goods or the name or description of any service appears on a trade mark for any services and in either case the name or description in use varies, the Registrar shall consider whether to refuse to permit the registration of the mark for those and other goods or services, as the case may be, unless the applicant states in his application that the name or description will be varied when the mark is used upon goods or services covered by the specification other than the named or described goods or services.