Lawgist17Effect of registration of parts of a mark
(1) 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.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), when a trade mark--
(a) 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
(b) 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.
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- 3 Appointment of Registrar and other officers
- 4 Power of Registrar to withdraw or transfer cases, etc
- 5 Trade Marks Registry and offices thereof
- 6 The Register of Trade Marks
- 7 Classification of goods and services
- 8 Publication of alphabetical index
- 9 Absolute grounds for refusal of registration
- 10 Limitation as to colour
- 11 Relative grounds for refusal of registration
- 12 Registration in the case of honest concurrent use, etc
- 13 Prohibition of registration of names of chemical elements or international non-proprietary names
- 14 Use of names and representations of living persons or persons recently dead
- 15 Registration of parts of trade marks and of trade marks as a series
- 16 Registration of trade marks as associated trade marks
- 17 Effect of registration of parts of a mark
