Trade Marks Act, 1999
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 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.