Prohibition of registration of marks identical with certification marks as trade marks
18. No person shall cause any trade mark which is identical with a mark which has been declared under subsection (1) of section 17 to be a certification mark, or which so nearly resembles a mark so declared as to be likely to be mistaken for a certification mark, to be registered as a trade mark under the Code of Intellectual Property Act, No. 52 of 1979. |