Section 13
Prohibition of registration in certain cases. Repealed
The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Bureau for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any
law for the time being in force, no registering authority shall—
(a) register any company, firms other body of persons which bears any name or mark; or
(b) register a trade mark or design which bears any name or mark; or
(c) grant a patent, in respect of an invention, which bears a title containing any name or mark,
if the use of such name or mark is in contravention of section 11 or section 12.
(2) If any question arises before a registering authority whether the use of any name or mark is in contravention of section 11 or section 12, the registering authority may refer the question to the Central Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
(a) register any company, firms other body of persons which bears any name or mark; or
(b) register a trade mark or design which bears any name or mark; or
(c) grant a patent, in respect of an invention, which bears a title containing any name or mark,
if the use of such name or mark is in contravention of section 11 or section 12.
(2) If any question arises before a registering authority whether the use of any name or mark is in contravention of section 11 or section 12, the registering authority may refer the question to the Central Government whose decision thereon shall be final.