Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

164.   Additional grounds for rejecting application for registration or opposing registration

In addition to any other ground on which—

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    (a)     an application for the registration of a trade mark as a defensive trade mark may be rejected; or

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    (b)     the registration of a trade mark as a defensive trade mark may be opposed,

the application shall be rejected or the registration may be opposed—

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    (c)     if the trade mark is not registered as a trade mark in the name of the applicant; or

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    (d)     in the case of a registered trade mark, if it is not likely that the use of the trade mark in relation to the goods or services in respect of which its registration as a defensive trade mark is sought will be taken to indicate that there is a connection between those goods or services and the registered owner.