Act Number: 47

Act Name: The Trade Marks Act, 1999

Year: 1999

Enactment Date: 1999-12-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 144: Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration.
    In any proceeding relating to a trade mark, the 1[Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be,] shall admit evidence of the usages of the trade concerned and of any relevant trade mark or trade name or get up legitimately used by other persons.
Notes:
1.Subs. by s. 21, ibid., for “tribunal” (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).
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