Trade Marks Act : Effect of registration of parts of a mark. Indian Bare Acts :

Trade Marks Act,1999

Act No : 47

Section : Effect of registration of parts of a mark.

17. Effect 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.