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Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Trade Marks Act 1999

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- CHAPTER 1. PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Trade Marks Act, 1999. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. ______________________ 1. 15th September, 2003 vide S.O. 1048 (E), dated 15-9-2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section 3(ii), dated 15th September, 2003. 2. Definitions and interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwisere quires,-- (a) "Appellate Board" means the Appellate Board established under section 83; (b) "assignment" means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned; (c) "associated trade marks" means trade marks deemed to be, or required to be, registered as associated trade marks under this Act; (d) "Bench" means a.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1999

TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999 TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999 47 of 1999 An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to trade marks, to provide for registration and better protection of trade marks for goods and services and for the prevention of the use of fraudulent marks. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Trade Marks Act, 1999. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Appellate Board" means the Appellate Board established under section 83-; (b) "assignment" means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned; (c) "associated trade marks" means trade marks deemed to be, or.....

Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

TRADE AND MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1958 TRADE AND MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1958 43 of 1958 An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of trade marks and for the prevention of the use of fraudulent marks on merchandise. Be it enacted by parliament in the ninth year of the republic of India as follows - SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) The Act may be called the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "assignment" means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned; (b) "associated trade marks" means trade marks deemed to be, or required to be, registered as associated trade marks under this Act; (c) "certification trade mark" means a mark adapted in relation to any goods to distinguish, in the course of trade, goods certified by any person in respect of origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy or other characteristic, from goods not so certified.....

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1999shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. (3) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference- (a) to the use of a geographical indication shall be construed as a reference to the use of a printed or other visual representation of the geographical indication; (b) to the use of a geographical indication in relation to goods shall be construed as a reference to the use of the geographical indication upon, or in any physical or in any other relation whatsoever, to such goods; (c) to a registered geographical indication shall be construed as including a reference to a geographical indication registered in the register; (d) to the Registrar shall be construed as including a reference to any officer when discharging the functions of the Registrar in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3-; (e) to the Geographical Indications Registry shall be construed as including a reference to any office of the Geographical Indications Registry. SECTION 03: REGISTRAR OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (1) The Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Chapter 2

Title: The Register and Conditions for Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....of Trade Marks, both Part A and Part B, existing at the commencement of this Act, shall be incorporated in and form part of the register under this Act. Section 7 - Classification of goods and services (1) The Registrar shall classify goods and services, as far as may be, in accordance with the International classification of goods and services for the purposes of registration of trade marks. (2) Any question arising as to the class within which any goods or services falls shall be determined by the Registrar whose decision shall be final. Section 8 - Publication of alphabetical index (1) The Registrar may publish in the prescribed manner an alphabetical index of classification of goods and services referred to in section 7. (2) Where any goods or services are not specified in the alphabetical index of goods and services published under sub-section (1), the classification of goods or services shall be determined by the Registrar in accordance with sub-section (2) of section 7. Section 9 - Absolute grounds for refusal of registration (1) The trade marks-- (a) which are devoid of any distinctive character, that is to say, not capable of distinguishing the goods.....

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1957

.....performance, amusement, game or sport to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment; (17) "factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (18) "filth" includes offensive matter and sewage; (19) 99. Omitted and Inserted by Act No.67 of 1993(w.e.f. 1-10-1993). [* * *] (20) 88. Cl (20), Omitted by Act No. 71 of 1971 and Sch. II (w.e.f. 3-11-1971). [* * *] (21) "goods" includes animals; 1010. C1. 21-A, inserted by Act, 67 of 1993. (w.e.f. 1-10-93). (21-A) "Government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;] (22) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to a latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by municipal employees or other persons employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom; (23) "hut" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud, leaves, grass, cloth or thatch and includes any structure of whatever material made which the Corporation may declare to be a hut for.....

Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 [Repealed] Chapter 2

Title: The Register and Conditions for Registration

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....capable of distinguishing as aforesaid; and (b) by reason of the use of the trade mark or of any other circumstances, the trade mark is in fact so adapted to distinguish or is in fact capable of distinguishing as aforesaid. (6) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a trade mark in respect of any goods-- (a) registered in Part A of the register may be registered in Part B of the register; and (b) registered in Part B of the register may be registered in Part A of the register, in the name of the same proprietor of the same trade mark or any part or parts thereof. Section 10 - Limitation as to colour (1) A trade mark may be limited wholly or in part to one or more specified colours, and any such limitation shall be taken into consideration by the tribunal having to decide on the distinctive character of the trade mark. (2) So far as a trade mark is registered without limitation of colour, it shall be deemed to be registered for all colours. Section 11 - Prohibition of registration of certain marks A mark (a) the use of which would be likely to deceive or cause confusion; or (b) the use of which would be contrary to any law for the time being.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Section 16

Title: Registration of Trade Marks as Associated Trade Marks

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....in the name of the same proprietor in respect of the same goods or description of goods or same services or description of services. (3) Where a trade mark and any part thereof are, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 15, registered as separate trade marks in the name of the same proprietor, they shall be deemed to be, and shall be registered as, associated trade marks. (4) All trade marks registered in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 15 as a series in one registration shall be deemed to be, and shall be registered as, associated trade marks. (5) On application made in the prescribed manner by the registered proprietor of two or more trade marks registered as associated trade marks, the Registrar may dissolve the association as respects any of them if he is satisfied that there would be no likelihood of deception or confusion being caused if that trade mark were used by any other person in relation to any of the goods or services or both in respect of which it is registered, and may amend the register accordingly.

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Chapter 4

Title: Effect of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

..... Section 32 - Protection of registration on ground of distinctiveness in certain cases Where a trade mark is registered in breach of sub-section (1) of section 9, it shall not be declared invalid if, in consequence of the use which has been made of it, it has after registration and before commencement of any legal proceedings challenging the validity of such registration, acquired a distinctive character in relation to the goods or services for which it is registered. Section 33 - Effect of acquiescence (1) Where the proprietor of an earlier trade mark has acquiesced for a continuous period of five years in the use of a registered trade mark, being aware of that use, he shall no longer be entitled on the basis of that earlier trade mark-- (a) to apply for a declaration that the registration of the later trade mark is invalid, or (b) to oppose the use of the later trade mark in relation to the goods or services in relation to which it has been so used, unless the registration of the later trade mark was not applied in good faith. (2) Where sub-section (1) applies, the proprietor of the later trade mark is not entitled to oppose the use of the earlier trade.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Section 29

Title: Infringement of Registered Trade Marks

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....intended to be used for labelling or packaging goods, as a business paper, or for advertising goods or services, provided such person, when he applied the mark, knew or had reason to believe that the application of the mark was not duly authorised by the proprietor or a licensee. (8) A registered trade mark is infringed by any advertising of that trade mark if such advertising-- (a) takes unfair advantage of and is contrary to honest practices in industrial or commercial matters; or (b) is detrimental to its distinctive character; or (c) is against the reputation of the trade mark. (9) Where the distinctive elements of a registered trade mark consist of or include words, the trade mark may be infringed by the spoken use of those words as well as by their visual representation and reference in this section to the use of a mark shall be construed accordingly.