PROPRIETARY WORDING IN TRADE MARK

Parliament of Singapore · 25 August 1994

Official Report, 25 August 1994, Vol 63, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Cheo Chai ChenS Jayakumar

Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Minister for Law whether he will prohibit any non-proprietary wording to appear in a trade mark.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: Under the Trade Marks Act, non-proprietary wordings cannot be registered as trade marks. Non-proprietary wordings include the following :

(a) Non-proprietary drug names issued by the World Health Organisation.

(b) Generic words which appear in a trade mark. The applicant will have exclusive rights to the use of these particular words.

(c) Non-trade mark matters, for example, indications as to the price of the goods, nett weights, ingredients.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 25 August 1994. Republished on SGParliament.