Trade Marks Act, 1999
45. Registration of assignment and
transmissions.-
(1) Where a person becomes entitled by
assignment or transmission to a registered trade mark, he shall apply in the
prescribed manner to the Register to register his title, and the Registrar
shall, on receipt of the application and on proof of title to his satisfaction,
register him as the proprietor of the trade mark in respect of the goods or
services in respect of which the assignment or transmission has effect, and
shall cause particulars of the assignment or transmission to be entered on the
register.
Provided that where the validity of an
assignment or transmission is in dispute between the parties, the Register may
refuse to refuse to register the assignment or transmission until the rights of
the parties have been determined by a competent court.
(2) Except for the purpose of an application
before the Registrar under sub-section (1) or an appeal from an order thereon,
or an application under section 57 or an appeal from an order thereon, a
document or instrument in respect of which no entry has been made in the
register in accordance with sub-section (1) shall not be admitted in evidence
by the Registrar or the Appellate Board or any court in proof of title to the trade
mark by assignment or transmission unless the Registrar or the Appellate Board
or the court as the case may be, otherwise directs.