Monday, 27 July 2015

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION IN COIMBATORE

Effect of registration of a mark –
 When a trade mark consists of several matters, its registration shall confer on the proprietor exclusive right to the use of the trade mark taken as a whole.
When a trade mark Contains any part
(i)                 Which is not the subject of a separate application by the proprietor for registration as a trade mark; or
(ii)               Which is not separately registered by the proprietor as a trade mark; or
 
  Contains any matter which is common to the trade or is otherwise of a non-distinctive character the registration thereof shall not confer any exclusive right in the matter forming only a part of the whole of the trade mark so registered.
If a trade mark consists of several matters, its registration shall confer exclusive right on the proprietor to use the trade mark as a whole.  But when a trade mark contains any part which is not subject of a separate application or which is not separately registered by the proprietor, or contains any matter which is common to the trade mark or is otherwise of a non-distinctive character, the registration thereof shall not confer any exclusive right in the matter forming only a part of the whole of the trade mark so registered