Trade Marks Act, 1999
42. Conditions for assignment otherwise than
in connection with the goodwill of a business.-
When an assignment of trade mark, whether
registered or unregistered is made otherwise than in connection with the
goodwill of the business in which the mark has been or is used, the assignment
shall not take effect unless the assignee, not or within such extended period, if
any, not exceeding three months in the aggregate, as the Registrar may allow,
applies to the Registrar for directions with respect to the advertisement of
the assignment and advertises it in such form and manner and within such period
as the Registrar may direct.
Explanation.- For the purpose of
this section, an assignment of a trade mark of the following description shall
not be deemed to be an assignment made otherwise than in connection with the
goodwill of the business in which the mark is used, namely:-
(a) an assignment of a trade mark in respect
only of some of the goods or services for which the trade mark is registered
accompanied by the transfer of the goodwill of the business concerned in those
goods or services only, or
(b) as assignment of a trade mark which is
used in relation to goods exported from India or in relation to services for
use outside India if the assignment is accompanied by the transfer of the
goodwill of the export business only.