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5.2.3 Applications for alteration, assignment, expunction or cancellation
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Applications for the alteration, assignment, expunction or cancellation of registered defensive trade marks will be processed in accordance with the Trade Marks Act 2002 regardless of when those applications are received.40
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40 The Trade Marks Act 2002 applies even in instances where the applications for alteration, assignment, expunction or cancellation were received before the commencement of the Trade Marks Act 2002, as section 203(1)(b) of the Trade Marks Act 2002 does not apply to applications in respect of defensive trade marks by virtue of section 203(2) of the same Act.
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