Trade Marks Act, 1999
141. Certificate of validity.-
If in any legal proceeding for rectification
of the register before the Appellate Board a decision is on contest given in
favor of the registered proprietor of the trade mark on the issue as to the
validity of the registration of the trade mark, the Appellate Board may grant a
certificate to that effect, and if such a certificate is grant, then, in nay
subsequent legal proceeding in which the said validity comes into question the
said proprietor on obtaining a final order or judgment in his favor affirming
validity of the registration of the trade mark shall, unless the said final
order or judgment for sufficient reason directs otherwise, be entitled to his
full cost charges and expenses as between legal practitioner and client.