Trade Marks Act, 1999
148. Documents open to public inspection. –
(1) Save as otherwise provided is based.
(a) the register and
any document upon which any entry in the register is based.
(b) every notice of
opposition to the registration of a trade mark application for rectification
before the Registrar, counter-statement thereto, and any affidavit or document
filed by the parties in any proceedings before the Register.
(c) all regulations
deposited under section 83 or section 74, and all applications under section 66
or section 77 for varying such regulations.
(d) the indexes mentioned
in section 147, and
(e) such other
documents as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify.
Shall, subject to such conditions as may be
prescribed, be open to public inspection in the Official Gazette, specify.
Provided that when such register is maintained
wholly or partly on computer, the inspection of such register under this
section shall be made by inspecting the computer Print out of the relevant
entry in the register so maintained on computer.
(2) An person may, on an application to the
Registrar and on payment of such fees may be prescribed, obtain a certified
copy of any entry in the register or any document referred to in sub-section.