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         people turning out to vote.”
          For Goa, the non-participation of many Kanak and other      TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NOTICE
         supporters of independence “will obviously result in an over-   IN MICRONESIA AND PALAU
         whelming victory for the No, in a proportion that will totally   APICAL GROUP LIMITED, of Portcullis Trustnet Chambers, P.O.
         discredit the popular consultation.”                  Box 3444, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, does hereby
          Even with the recent COVID state of emergency, France has   provide notice that it claims proprietorship of the trade mark
         decided to ignore repeated calls to delay the vote until after
         the 2022 elections. Last month, Overseas Minister Sebastien
         Lecornu stated that “police and gendarmes will be mobilised
         for the safety of those who turn out to vote”, adding ominous-
         ly that these deployments “will guarantee public order the
         day after the vote, in case a few radicalised minorities decide   in relation to:
         to break the law.”                                      Fatty acid esters, other than for pharmaceutical purposes, fatty
          Such rhetoric about “radicalised minorities” suggests that   acids, glycerine for industrial purposes, palm fatty acid distillate
         peaceful Kanak have been stirred up by a few radical agita-  (PFAD), other than for pharmaceutical purposes, palm methyl
         tors. This fiction is belied by the unexpected, massive turnout   esters (PME), other than for pharmaceutical purposes, palm
                                                                 stearin [raw materials] for industrial use, stearic acids.
         for a Yes vote in 2018 and the increased independence vote in
         2020. But the threat of a police crackdown is real: in recent   Biodiesel, palm oil, crude (for use as industrial oil), palm oil,
         years, there have been violent clashes between police riot   refined (for use as industrial oil), palm kernel oil, crude (for use
                                                                 as industrial oil), palm kernel oil, refined (for use as industrial oil),
         squads and land rights activists at Kouaoua, unionists and   palm oleine (for use as industrial oil).
         customary landowners campaigning around the Goro nickel
         smelter, as well as Kanak youth from disadvantaged commu-  Esters of fatty acids for use as pharmaceutical preparations,
                                                                 food esters for pharmaceutical purposes, glycerine for medical
         nities such as Saint Louis. Beyond December, New Caledonia   purposes.
         faces troubled times ahead.
                                                                 Blended edible oil, blended oils and fats, blended vegetable fat,
                                                                 blended vegetable oil, cocoa butter equivalent made from palm
         nicmac3056@gmail.com                                    oil and non-dairy, cocoa butter substitute, edible fat for use in
                                                                 baking, edible fat for use in confectionery, edible oil and fat and
                                                                 all emulsions thereof, edible oil and fat and emulsion products
                                                                 made  from  vegetable  oil  and  water,  emulsified  vegetable  fat,
               TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NOTICE IN MICRONESIA        food products containing (principally) edible fat, food products
                                                                 containing (principally) edible oil, food spread being a blend of
          KIA CORPORATION, a Republic of Korea, of 12, Heolleung-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06797,   edible oil and edible fat, frying fat, frying oil, hydrogenated coconut
          Republic of Korea, does hereby provide notice that it claims proprietorship of the trade   oil, hydrogenated fats, hydrogenated palm fat, hydrogenated palm
          mark
                                                                 kernel fat, hydrogenated palm kernel oil for food, hydrogenated
                                                                 palm kernel olein for food, hydrogenated palm kernel stearin for
                                                                 food, hydrogenated palm oil for food, hydrogenated palm olein
          in relation to:                                        for food, hydrogenated palm stearin for food, hydrogenated
          Testing/inspection or research of pharmaceuticals/cosmetics or foodstuffs; marine,   vegetable fat, hydrogenated vegetable oil, margarine, palm kernel
          aerial and land surveying; product research and development; technological advisory   oil for food, palm kernel olein for food, palm kernel stearin for
          services relating to machine engineering analysis; research relating to mechanical   food, palm oil for food, palm olein for food, palm stearin for food,
          engineering; engineering services relating to robotics; rental of laboratory robots; testing   shortening, vegetable oil and fat for food.
          of new products; engineering services of land vehicle industry; motor vehicle design;
          design of mechanical equipment for car manufacturing;  design of products; design of   Refining of palm oil, processing of oil and oil products, processing
          apparatus and machines for filling purposes; design of robots for industrial use; design
          services for parts of motor vehicles;  textile design services for motor vehicle trim;     of edible oil and edible fats, processing of palm oil to produce
          development of data processing programs; programming of multimedia applications;     olein, stearine, fatty acid, margarine and shortening, processing
          software engineering; software design and development; design and development of   of olein, stearine, fatty acid, margarine and shortening, processing
          application software for metaverse; computer programming services for remote data   of agricultural products, processing of feed additive, milling of
          management of medical diagnostic instruments; computer software planning for vehicle   agricultural products, separation of agricultural products into its
          manufacturing; computer programming; computer software design and development;   component parts, palm kernel crushing.
          computer hardware development; testing, inspection and research services in the fields
          of agriculture, livestock breeding and fisheries; development of technologies for the   APICAL GROUP LIMITED cautions that any use of the trade mark or
          fabrication of circuits for wireless communication, electronic data processing, consumer
          electronics, automotive electronics; development of vehicles; technology research for   any confusingly similar trade mark in relation to any of these goods
          automobiles including self-driving cars, electric cars, hybrid cars, hydrogen cars and   or similar goods, would be seen as infringement of their rights and
          connected cars.                                      that they will take such action deemed necessary to protect those
          KIA CORPORATION cautions that any use of the trade mark or any confusingly similar   rights.
          trade mark in relation to any of these services or similar services, would be seen as   APICAL GROUP LIMITED can be contacted care of their address for
          infringement of their rights and that they will take such action deemed necessary to
          protect those rights.                                service:
          KIA CORPORATION can be contacted care of their address for service:  AJ Park, Level 22, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street,
                                                                           Wellington 6011, New Zealand
                     AJ Park, Level 22, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street,
                         Wellington 6011, New Zealand                          mail@ajpark.com
                             mail@ajpark.com



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