THE TRADE MARKS
(BORDER PROTECTION
AND TRANSITIONAL APPLICATIONS)
REGULATIONS 1994
CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington this 19th day of December 1994
Present:
The Hon. Doug Kidd presiding in Council
Pursuant to the Trade Marks Act 1953, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
REGULATIONS
Border Protection
Determination of Certain Applications
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Form of Notice Under Section 54b
of Trade Marks Act 1953
The Trade Marks Act 1953
Notice Requesting Detention of Goods Infringing Registered Trade Mark
To: The Comptroller of Customs:
(a)...................., of.................... is (b).................... of trade mark No. .................... in Class ....................
A copy of the registration of the trade mark is attached to this notice.
It is hereby requested that the Comptroller of Customs detain any goods, upon or in physical relation to which any infringing sign is used, that are in, or at any time come into, the control of Customs.
This notice shall be in force for the period (c) ....................
The business/residential address, postal address, and facsimile number of (d) .................... for the service of notices are:
Business/residential address ....................
Postal address ....................
Facsimile No. ....................
Dated this .................... day of .................... 19
(e) ....................
(a) Insert full name and address of registered proprietor or registered user of trade mark.
(b) Insert whether registered proprietor or registered user.
(c) Insert period that is not longer than 5 years from the date of the notice or, if the registration of the trade mark will expire within 5 years from the date of the notice, not longer than the period for which the registration will last.
(d) Insert name of registered proprietor or registered user or authorised agent.
(e) Signature.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Form of Notice
Under Section 23 (2) of Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994
The Trade Marks Act 1953
In the matter of an Application No. (a) .................... by (b) .................... for Registration of Trade Mark
Notice Requesting Application for Registration of Trade Mark to be Determined Under Trade Marks Act 1953 As Amended by Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994
NOTICE is hereby given by (c) ...................., of ...................., the applicant for registration of the above trade mark, requesting that the application be determined in accordance with the Trade Marks Act 1953 as amended by the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994.
Dated this .................... day of .................... 19
(d) ....................
To the Commissioner of Trade Marks,
Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
(a) Insert official number accorded the proceedings.
(b) Insert full name of applicant.
(c) Insert full name and address of applicant.
(d) Signature.
MARIE SHROFF,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 January 1995, deal with 2 matters. The first relates to the detention by Customs, under the Trade Marks Act 1953, of goods that infringe registered trade marks. The second relates to the determination of applications for registration of trade marks in cases where such applications have not been advertised before the coming into force of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994.
Regulation 3 prescribes the form of notice, under section 54b of the Trade Marks Act 1953, to be given by a registered proprietor or registered user of a trade mark requesting Customs to detain infringing goods.
Regulation 4relates to evidence that must be given by a claimant in support of a claim.
Regulation 5 requires notice to be given to the Comptroller of Customs of any assignment or transmission of the trade mark to which a notice relates and of certain other matters.
Regulation 6requires persons giving notice under section 54b and persons to whom any goods are to be, or have been, released from detention under section 54f to give security and an indemnity.
Regulation 7 relates to the disposal of infringing goods that are forfeited to the Crown.
Regulation 8 prescribes the form of notice, under section 23 (2) of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994, to be given by an applicant for the registration of a trade mark where the applicant requests that the application be determined under the principal Act as amended by the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994. Section 23 (2) provides that where an application has not been advertised before the coming into force of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994, the application must be determined in accordance with the principal Act as amended by the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994 if the applicant gives notice requesting that it be so determined.
Regulation 9prescribes the fee payable on the giving of a notice under section 23 (2) of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 1994.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 21 December 1994.
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Commerce.
Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the
New Zealand Government-1994