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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 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.....

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

Title: Procedure for and Duration or Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....reputation or other characteristics of which are due exclusively or essentially to the geographical environment, with its inherent natural and human factors, and the production, processing or preparation of which takes place in such territory, region or locality, the case may be; (b) the class of goods to which the geographical indication shall apply; (c) the geographical map of the territory of the country or region or locality in the country in which the goods originate or are being manufactured; (d) the particulars regarding the appearance of the geographical indication as to whether it is comprised of the words or figurative elements or both; (e) a statement containing such particulars of the producers of the concerned goods, if any, proposed to be initially registered with the registration of the geographical indication as may be prescribed; and (f) such other particulars as may be prescribed. (3) A single application may be made for registration of a geographical indication for different classes of goods and fee payable therefor shall be in respect of each such class of goods. (4) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be filed in the office of the.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Chapter 3

Title: Procedure for and Duration of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....manner: Provided that the Registrar may cause the application to be advertised before acceptance if it relates to a trade mark to which sub-section (1) of section 9 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 11 apply, or in any other case where it appears to him that it is expedient by reason of any exceptional circumstances so to do. (2) Where-- (a) an application has been advertised before acceptance under sub-section (1); or (b) after advertisement of an application,-- (i) an error in the application has been corrected; or (ii) the application has been permitted to be amended under section 22, the Registrar may in his discretion cause the application to be advertised again or in any case falling under clause (b) may, instead of causing the application to be advertised again, notify in the prescribed manner the correction or amendment made in the application. Section 21 - Opposition to registration (1) Any person may, within three months from the date of the advertisement or re-advertisement of an application for registration or within such further period, not exceeding one month in the aggregate, as the Registrar, on application made to him in the.....

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 Section 18

Title: Duration, Renewal, Removal and Restoration of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....ten years from the date of expiration of the original registration or of the last renewal of registration, as the case may be (which date is in this section referred to as the expiration of the last registration). (4) At the prescribed time before the expiration of the last registration of a geographical indication or the authorised user, as the case may be, the Registrar shall send notice in the prescribed manner to the registered proprietor or the authorised user, as the case may be, of the date of expiration and the conditions as to payment of fees and otherwise upon which a renewal of registration may be obtained, and, if at the expiration of lime prescribed in that behalf those conditions have not been duly complied with, the Registrar may remove the geographical indication or the authorised user, as the case may be, from the register: Provided that the Registrar shall not remove the geographical indication or the authorised user, as the case may be, from the register, if an application is made in the prescribed form and the prescribed fee and surcharge is paid within six months from the expiration of the last registration of the geographical indication or the authorised.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Section 25

Title: Duration, Renewal, Removal and Restoration of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....the commencement of this Act, shall be for a period of ten years, but may be renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) The Registrar shall, on application made by the registered proprietor of a trade mark in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period and subject to payment of the prescribed fee, renew the registration of the trade mark for a period of ten years from the date of expiration of the original registration or of the last renewal of registration, as the case may be (which date is in this section referred to as the expiration of the last registration). (3) At the prescribed time before the expiration of the last registration of a trade mark the Registrar shall send notice in the prescribed manner to the registered proprietor of the date of expiration and the conditions as to payment of fees and otherwise upon which a renewal of registration may be obtained, and, if at the expiration of the time prescribed in that behalf those conditions have not been duly complied with the Registrar may remove the trade mark from the register: Provided that the Registrar shall not remove the trade mark from the register if an.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Chapter 13

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....and of any relevant trade mark or trade name or get up legitimately used by other persons. Section 145 - Agents Where, by or under this Act, any act, other than the making of an affidavit, is required to be done before the Registrar by any person, the act may, subject to the rules made in this behalf, be done instead of by that person himself, by a person duly authorised in the prescribed manner, who is-- (a) a legal practitioner, or (b) a person registered in the prescribed manner as a trade marks agent, or (c) a person in the sole and regular employment of the principal. Section 146 - Marks registered by an agent or representative without authority If an agent or a representative of the proprietor of a registered trade mark, without authority uses or attempts to register or registers the mark in his own name, the proprietor shall be entitled to oppose the registration applied for or secure its cancellation or rectification of the register so as to bring him as the registered proprietor of the said mark by assignment in his favour: Provided that such action shall be taken within three years of the registered proprietor of the trade mark becoming aware of.....

Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) Section 159

Title: Repeal and Savings

State: Central

Year: 1999

..... (2) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), with respect to repeals, any notification, rule, order, requirement, registration, certificate, notice, decision, determination, direction, approval, authorisation, consent, application, request or thing made, issued, given or done under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958) shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue to be in force and have effect as if made, issued, given or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act. (3) The provisions of this Act shall apply to any application for registration of a trade mark pending at the commencement of this Act and to any proceedings consequent thereon and to any registration granted in pursuance thereof. (4) Subject to the provisions of section 100 and notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, any legal proceeding pending in any court at the commencement of this Act may be continued in that court as if this Act had not been passed. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where a particular use of a registered trade mark is not an infringement of.....

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retradation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....other officers and employees of the Trust shall be such as may be determined by regulations. SECTION 09: VACANCIES IN BOARD NOT TO INVALIDATE ACTS, ETC -No act or proceeding of the Board shall be called in question on the grounds merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board. SECTION 10: OBJECTS OF TRUST -The objects of the Trust shall be- (a) to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to the community to which they belong; (b) to strengthen facilities to provide support to persons with disability to live within their own families; (c) to extend support to registered organisations to provide need based services during the period of crisis in the family of persons with disability; (d) to deal with problems of persons with disability who do not have family support: (e) to promote measures for the care and protection of persons with disability in the event of death of their parent or guardian; (f) to evolve procedure for the appointment of guardians and trustees for persons with disability requiring such protection; (g) to facilitate the realisation of equal.....

The Rajasthan Power Sector Reforms Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1999

THE RAJASTHAN POWER SECTOR REFORMS ACT, 1999 THE RAJASTHAN POWER SECTOR REFORMS ACT, 1999 (Act No. 23 of 1999) [Received the assent of the President of India on the 28th day of December, 1999] Preliminary Short title, extent and commencement.- This Act may be called the Rajasthan Power Sector Reforms Act, 1999. It shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, ppoint. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - "Area of supply" means the area within which a supply licensee or any other person is for the time being athorized to distribute and supply energy "Area of transmission" means the area within which a holder of a transmission licence or any other person is for the time being authorized to transmit energy "Board" means the Rajasthan State Electricity Board constituted under section 5 of the Electricity(Supply) Act,1948(Central Act 54 of 1948) "Central Act" means the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998 (Central Act No. 14 of 1998) "Central Commission" means the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, established under.....