Trade Marks Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament2023
The Trade Marks Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2023. It contains 169 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Trade Marks Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Trade Marks Act
- S. 1Short title and commencement
- S. 2Interpretation
- S. 3Application and administration of Act
- S. 4Application for registration of trade mark
- S. 5Joint application
- S. 6Series application
- S. 7Period for completion of application for registration
- S. 8Commencement of applicant’s rights
- S. 9Classification of good or service
- S. 10Single application for multiple classes
- S. 11Division of application
- S. 12Filing date of application
- S. 13Priority of application for registration of identical or similar trade mark
- S. 14Priority claim
- S. 15Formality examination of application
- S. 16Substantive examination of application
- S. 17Publication of acceptance of application
- S. 18Withdrawal of application, or restriction of goods or services covered by
- S. 19Opposition to registration of trade mark
- S. 20Grounds of opposition
- S. 21Counter statement to notice of opposition
- S. 22Evidence in reply of application for registration of trade mark
- S. 23Hearing
- S. 24Dismissal of notice of opposition
- S. 25Registration of trade mark
- S. 26Date of registration
- S. 27Disclaimer of part of trade mark
- S. 28Disclaimer on grounds of public interest
- S. 29Registration of separate trade marks
- S. 30Registration of series of trade marks
- S. 31Registration of trade mark as associated trade mark
- S. 32Non-registrable words
- S. 33Trade mark containing name of known person
- S. 34Honest concurrent use
- S. 35Registration of trade mark containing representation of national symbol
- S. 36Registration of trade mark containing flag, armorial bearings or official
- S. 37Registration of trade mark containing armorial bearings, flag, or other
- S. 38Emblems, official signs or hallmarks protected under the Paris Convention
- S. 39Limitation of trade mark to particular colours
- S. 40Prohibition of registration of names of chemical elements or
- S. 41Absolute grounds for refusal to register mark as trade mark
- S. 42Relative grounds for refusal of registration
- S. 43Validity of registration of trade mark
- S. 44Renewal of registration of trade mark and notice of expiry
- S. 45Variation of registration
- S. 46Alteration of registered trade mark
- S. 47Cancellation of registered trade mark
- S. 48Removal of trade mark from Register
- S. 49Acquiescence in use of trade mark
- S. 50Rights conferred by registration of trade mark
- S. 51Protection of well-known trade mark
- S. 52Rights of proprietor in infringement proceedings
- S. 53Protection of vested rights
- S. 54Use of trade mark as description of article, substance or service
- S. 55Registered trade mark as property
- S. 56Transfer of trade mark
- S. 57Restriction on transfer of trade mark
- S. 58Transfer or transmission of associated trade marks
- S. 59Permitted use
- S. 60Registration of licensee
- S. 61Variation of registration of licensee
- S. 62Cancellation of registration of licensee
- S. 63Prohibition of transfer or transmission of trade mark
- S. 64Infringement of registered trade mark
- S. 65Infringing acts
- S. 66Exemptions to infringement
- S. 67Exceptions in relation to advertising
- S. 68Exhaustion of rights
- S. 69Commencement of infringement proceedings
- S. 70Request by licensee for commencement of infringement proceedings
- S. 71Groundless threats of infringement proceedings
- S. 72Remedies for infringement
- S. 73Order for delivery up
- S. 74Order for disposal
- S. 75Provisional measures
- S. 76Application of Act to collective marks
- S. 77Application for registration of collective mark
- S. 78Inspection of rules for collective mark
- S. 79Amendment of rules for collective mark
- S. 80Non-transfer or transmission of collective mark
- S. 81Grounds for revocation of registration of collective mark
- S. 82Infringement proceedings
- S. 83Application of Act to certification marks
- S. 84Application for registration of certification mark
- S. 85Inspection of rules for certification mark
- S. 86Amendment of rules for certification mark
- S. 87Restriction on application for certification
- S. 88Registrar’s consent to transfer certification mark
- S. 89Authorised use of certification mark
- S. 90Rights of authorised user in relation to infringement of certification mark
- S. 91Acts not constituting infringement of certification mark
- S. 92Cancellation of registration of certification mark
- S. 93Variation of rules governing certification mark
- S. 94Infringement proceedings of certification mark
- S. 95Protection of registered geographical indication
- S. 96Geographical indication excluded from protection
- S. 97Application for registration of geographical indication
- S. 98Homonymous geographical indication for wines
- S. 99Examination of application and publication of acceptance of geographical
- S. 100Opposition to registration
- S. 101Registration of geographical indication
- S. 102Right to use
- S. 103Validity and renewal of registered geographical indication
- S. 104Unlawful use of geographical indication
- S. 105Seizure in case of unlawful marking with geographical indication
- S. 106Transfer of registered geographical indication
- S. 107Exemptions regarding prior and other users
- S. 108Cancellation of registration of geographical indication
- S. 109Notice for border measures
- S. 110Notice of seizure
- S. 111Inspection and release of seized goods
- S. 112Forfeiture of seized goods by consent
- S. 113Release of seized good and compensation to importer
- S. 114Holding out as trade mark agent
- S. 115Prohibition of establishment of business without registration
- S. 116Registration as trade mark agent
- S. 117Renewal of trade mark agent’s certificate
- S. 118Functions of trade mark agent
- S. 119Register of trade mark agents
- S. 120Cancellation of trade mark agent’s certificate
- S. 121Restoration of trade mark agent’s certificate
- S. 122Counterfeiting trade mark
- S. 123Falsely applying a registered trade mark to good or service
- S. 124Making or possessing of infringing article
- S. 125Importing or selling goods with falsely applied trade mark
- S. 126Unauthorised reproduction of registered trade mark
- S. 127Falsification of entries in Register
- S. 128Altering of documents
- S. 129Deceiving Registrar or officer with false statement
- S. 130False representation about Agency
- S. 131General offences
- S. 132Arrests and Inspections
- S. 133Register of trade marks and geographical indications
- S. 134Evidence of certain entries and documents
- S. 135Rectification of Register
- S. 136Amendment of Register for adaptation of classification
- S. 137Intellectual Property Journal
- S. 138Correction of error in document
- S. 139Service of documents by Registrar
- S. 140Filing and service of documents on Registrar
- S. 141Preliminary advice and search
- S. 142Request for information
- S. 143Powers of Registrar in proceedings
- S. 144Registrar not bound by rules of evidence
- S. 145Power of Registrar to determine time and place of sitting
- S. 146Extension of time
- S. 147Appeal against decision of Registrar
- S. 148Registrar to act as soon as practicable
- S. 149Duplicate certificate
- S. 150Forfeiture and confiscation orders
- S. 151Administrative penalty
- S. 152General penalty
- S. 153Offence by principal officer, shareholder or partner or body corporate or
- S. 154Regulations to give effect to Madrid Protocol
- S. 155Regulations
- S. 156Repeal of Cap. 401 and savings and transitional provisions
- S. IPRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- S. IIAPPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS
- S. IIIREGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS
- S. IVRIGHTS OF PROPRIETOR
- S. IXGEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- S. VPERMITTED USE AND LICENSEE
- S. VIINFRINGEMENT OF REGISTERED TRADE MARK
- S. VIICOLLECTIVE MARKS
- S. VIIICERTIFICATION MARKS
- S. XBORDER MEASURES
- S. XITRADE MARK AGENTS
- S. XIIOFFENCES
- S. XIIIGENERAL PROVISIONS