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Trade Marks Journal No. 013/2012
Page No. xxxviii
Form TM 4 - Application to register a trade mark, collective mark or certification mark
(Circular No. 9/2009, dated 21 August 2009)
Form MP 1 - Request to transform an international registration into national
application(s) (Circular No. 9/2009, dated 21 August 2009)
With effect from 15/09/2009, an Application to register a trade mark, collective mark or
certification mark and a Request to transform an international registration into national
application(s) must be made on version V05/01/09 of Form TM4 and MP 1 respectively.
The corresponding electronic Form TM 4 available on eTrademarks will also be amended
on the same day. The changes are found at Annex A of both forms and pertain to the
information to be provided when making a priority claim.
Annex A
Annex A is amended so that where the priority claim is not in respect of all the goods or
services claimed in the class, the applicant is to state the goods or services in respect of
which priority is claimed. This amendment is to ensure that there is clarity in the scope of
the priority claim.
2010 Circular
Notification on Application to Register a Change in Ownership (TM 22) (Circular No.
5/2010, dated 26 November 2010)
With immediate effect, the Registry will be issuing a notification prior to the recordal of an
assignment in matters relating to an application for the registration of an assignment
application in a trade mark or application for a trade mark pursuant to Rule 55 of the Trade
Marks Rules. The purpose of the notification, which will be issued to the
proprietor(s)/applicant(s) for registration [or their appointed agent] at the address for service
in Singapore, is to provide an opportunity for the proprietor(s)/applicant(s) to inform the
Registry without delay in the event they have not authorised the transaction.
2011 Circular
Amendment of Form TM 46 (Circular No. 1/2011, dated 15 July 2011)
To bring Form TM 46 for the "Application to register the grant, amendment or termination of
Security Interest or memorandum relating to a trade mark" to be in alignment with the
wordings in Rule 55(2)(d) relating to the signature of the grantor and requirements in Rule
55(3A)(d) of the Trade Marks Rules relating to the documentary evidence sufficient to
establish the transaction, boxes 7 and 8 of Form TM 46 have been amended with
immediate effect. Please use the new form TM 46 for all new applications filed.