Property Mark, Trade Mark

Property mark, trade mark, a property mark, as defined by s. 479 of the Indian Penal Code means a mark used for denoting that a movable property belongs to a particular person. The distinction between a trade mark and a property mark is that whereas the former denotes the manufacture or quality of the goods to which it is attached, the latter denotes the ownership in them. In other words, a trade mark concerns the goods themselves, while a property mark concerns the proprietor. A property mark attached to the movable property of a person remains even if part of such property goes out of his hands and ceases to be his, Sumat Prasead Jain v. Sheojonaw Prasad, AIR 1972 SC 2488 (2490): (1973) 1 SCC 56. [Penal Code, s. 479; Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, s. 2(1)(i) & (v)]