Section 26:
Effect of removal from register for failure to pay fee for renewal.
Where a trade mark has
been removed from the register for failure to pay the fee for renewal, it shall nevertheless, for the purpose
of any application for the registration of another trade mark during one year, next after the date of the
removal, be deemed to be a trade mark already on the register, unless the 1[Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be,] is satisfied either--
(a) that there has been no bona fide trade use of the trade mark which has been removed during
the two years immediately preceding its removal; or
(b) that no deception or confusion would be likely to arise from the use of the trade mark which is
the subject of the application for registration by reason of any previous use of the trade mark which
has been removed.
Notes:
1.Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 21, for “Tribunal” (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).