(a) Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the application fee, the director shall cause the application to be examined for conformity with this part.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-23

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicant: includes the person filing an application for registration of a trade name or mark under this chapter, and the legal representatives, successors, or assigns of such person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
  • Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
  • Mark: includes any trademark or service mark, entitled to registration under this chapter whether registered or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
(b) The applicant shall provide any additional pertinent information requested by the director including a description of a design mark and may make, or authorize the director to make, such amendments to the application as may be reasonably requested by the director or deemed by the applicant to be advisable to respond to any rejection or objection.
(c) The director may require the applicant to disclaim an unregisterable component of a mark otherwise registerable, and an applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered. No disclaimer shall prejudice or affect the applicant’s or registrant’s rights in the disclaimed matter, or the applicant’s or registrant’s rights of registration in another application if the disclaimed matter is or will become distinctive of the applicant’s or registrant’s goods or services.
(d) If the application for registration of a mark is denied, the director shall notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for the denial. An applicant may appeal the director’s denial of an application for registration of a mark in accordance with section 91-13.1.
(e) Applications concurrently being processed by the director and seeking registration of the same or confusingly similar marks for the same or related goods or services shall be reviewed in the order that they are filed. If an earlier-filed application is granted registration, the other applications seeking registration of the same or confusingly similar marks for the same or related goods or services shall be rejected. Any rejected applicant may bring an action for cancellation of the registration upon grounds of prior or superior rights to the mark, in accordance with § 482-28.

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