The TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
chandigarh · 1999
- S. 1Ins
- S. 2Subs
- S. 3Subs
- S. 4Power of Registrar to withdraw or transfer cases, etc
- S. 5Trade Marks Registry and offices thereof
- S. 6The Register of Trade Marks
- S. 7Classification of goods and services
- S. 8Publication of alphabetical index
- S. 9Absolute grounds for refusal of registration
- S. 10Limitation as to colour
- S. 11Relative grounds for refusal of registration
- S. 12Registration in the case of honest concurrent use, etc
- S. 13Prohibition of registration of names of chemical elements or international non-proprietary names
- S. 14Use of names and representations of living persons or persons recently dead
- S. 15Registration of parts of trade marks and of trade marks as a series
- S. 16Registration of trade marks as associated trade marks
- S. 17Effect of registration of parts of a mark
- S. 18Application for registration
- S. 19Withdrawal of acceptance
- S. 20Advertisement of application
- S. 21Opposition to registration
- S. 22Correction and amendment
- S. 23Registration
- S. 24Jointly owned trade marks
- S. 25Duration, renewal, removal and restoration of registration
- S. 26Effect of removal from register for failure to pay fee for renewal
- S. 27No action for infringement of unregistered trade mark
- S. 28Rights conferred by registration
- S. 29Infringement of registered trade marks
- S. 30Limits on effect of registered trade mark
- S. 31Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity
- S. 32Protection of registration on ground of distinctiveness in certain cases
- S. 33Effect of acquiescence
- S. 34Saving for vested rights
- S. 35Saving for use of name, address or description of goods or services
- S. 36Saving for words used as name or description of an article or substance or service
- S. 36AApplication of Act in case of international registration under Madrid Protocol
- S. 36BDefinitions
- S. 36CTrade Marks Registry to deal with international applications
- S. 36DInternational application originating from India
- S. 36EInternational registrations where India has been designated
- S. 36FEffects of international registration
- S. 36GDuration and renewal of international registration
- S. 37Power of registered proprietor to assign and give receipts
- S. 38Assignability and transmissibility of registered trade marks
- S. 39Assignability and transmissibility of unregistered trade marks
- S. 40Restriction on assignment or transmission where multiple exclusive rights would be created
- S. 41Restriction on assignment or transmission when exclusive rights would be created in different parts of India
- S. 42Conditions for assignment otherwise than in connection with the goodwill of a business
- S. 43Assignability and transmissibility of certification trade marks
- S. 44Assignability and transmissibility of associated trade marks
- S. 45Registration of assignments and transmissions
- S. 46Proposed use of trade mark by company to be formed, etc
- S. 47Removal from register and imposition of limitations on ground of non-use
- S. 48Registered users
- S. 49Registration as registered user
- S. 50Power of Registrar for variation or cancellation of registration as registered user
- S. 51Power of Registrar to call for information relating to agreement in respect of registered users
- S. 52Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement
- S. 53No right of permitted user to take proceeding against infringement
- S. 54Registered user not to have right of assignment or transmission
- S. 55Use of one of associated or substantially identical trade marks equivalent to use of another
- S. 56Use of trade mark for export trade and use when form of trade connection changes
- S. 57Power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register
- S. 58Correction of register
- S. 59Alteration of registered trade marks
- S. 60Adaptation of entries in register to amended or substituted classification of goods or services
- S. 61Special provisions for collective marks
- S. 62Collective mark not to be misleading as to character or significance
- S. 63Application to be accompanied by regulations governing use of collective marks
- S. 64Acceptance of application and regulations by Registrar
- S. 65Regulations to be open to inspection
- S. 66Amendment of regulations
- S. 67Infringement proceedings by registered proprietor of collective mark
- S. 68Additional grounds for removal of registration of collective mark
- S. 69Certain provisions of this Act not applicable to certification trade marks
- S. 70Registration of certification trade marks
- S. 71Applications for registration of certification trade marks
- S. 72Consideration of application for registration by Registrar
- S. 73Opposition to registration of certification trade marks
- S. 74Filing of regulations governing use of a certification trade mark
- S. 75Infringement of certification trade marks
- S. 76Acts not constituting infringement of certification trade marks
- S. 77Cancellation or varying of registration of certification trade marks
- S. 78Rights conferred by registration of certification trade marks
- S. 79[Textile goods
- S. 80[Restriction on registration of textile goods
- S. 81[Stamping of piece goods, cotton yarn and thread
- S. 82[Determination of character of textile goods by sampling
- S. 83Establishment of Appellate Board
- S. 84Composition of Appellate Board
- S. 85Qualifications for appointment as 2[Chairperson], 3[Vice-Chairperson], or other Members
- S. 86Term of office of 1[Chairperson], 2[Vice-Chairperson] and other Members
- S. 872[Vice-Chairperson] or senior-most Member to act as 1[Chairperson] or discharge his functions in certain circumstances
- S. 88Salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of 1[Chairperson], Vice- 1[Chairperson] and other Members
- S. 89Resignation and removal
- S. 89AQualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and member
- S. 90Staff of Appellate Board
- S. 91Appeals to Appellate Board
- S. 92Procedure and powers of Appellate Board
- S. 93Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc
- S. 94Bar to appear before Appellate Board
- S. 95Conditions as to making of interim orders
- S. 96Power of 1[Chairperson] to transfer cases from one Bench to another
- S. 97Procedure for application for rectification, etc
- S. 98Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings
- S. 99Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board
- S. 100Transfer of pending proceedings to Appellate Board
- S. 101Meaning of applying trade marks and trade descriptions
- S. 102Falsifying and falsely applying trade marks
- S. 103Penalty for applying false trade marks, trade descriptions, etc
- S. 104Penalty for selling goods or providing services to which false trade mark or false trade description is applied
- S. 105Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction
- S. 106Penalty for removing piece goods, etc
- S. 107Penalty for falsely representing a trade mark as registered
- S. 108Penalty for improperly describing a place of business as connected with the Trade Marks Office
- S. 109Penalty for falsification of entries in the register
- S. 110No offence in certain cases
- S. 111Forfeiture of goods
- S. 112Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business
Chapter CHAPTER XII
- S. 113Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused
- S. 114Offences by companies
- S. 115Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure
- S. 116Evidence of origin of goods imported by sea
- S. 117Costs of defence or prosecution
- S. 118Limitation of prosecution
- S. 119Information as to commission of offence
- S. 120Punishment of abetment in India of acts done out of India
- S. 121Instructions of Central Government as to permissible variation to be observed by criminal courts
- S. 122Protection of action taken in good faith
- S. 123Certain persons to be public servants
- S. 124Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the trade mark is questioned, etc
- S. 125Application for rectification of register to be made to Appellate Board in certain cases
- S. 126Implied warranty on sale of marked goods
- S. 127Powers of Registrar
- S. 128Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
- S. 129Evidence before Registrar
- S. 130Death of party to a proceeding
- S. 131Extension of time
- S. 132Abandonment
- S. 133Preliminary advice by the Registrar as to distinctiveness
- S. 134Suit for infringement, etc
- S. 135Relief in suits for infringement or for passing off
- S. 136Registered user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
- S. 137Evidence of entries in register, etc
- S. 138Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
- S. 139Power to require goods to show indication of origin
- S. 140Power to require information of imported goods bearing false trade marks
- S. 141Certificate of validity
- S. 142Groundless threats of legal proceedings
- S. 143Address for service
- S. 144Trade usages, etc
- S. 145Agents
- S. 146Marks registered by an agent or representative without authority
- S. 147Indexes
- S. 148Documents open to public inspection
- S. 149Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
- S. 150Fees and surcharge
- S. 151Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter XII
- S. 152Declaration as to ownership of trade mark not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908
- S. 153Government to be bound
- S. 154Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
- S. 155Provision as to reciprocity
- S. 156Power of Central Government to remove difficulties
- S. 157Power to make rules
- S. 158Amendments
- S. 159Repeal and savings