Trade Marks Act, 1999
15. Registration of parts of trade marks and
of trade marks as a series. —
(1) Where the proprietor of a trade mark
claims to be entitled to be entitled to the exclusive use of any part thereof
separately, he may apply to register the whole and the part as separate trade
marks.
(2) Each such separate trade mark shall
satisfy all the conditions applying to and have all the incidents of, an
independent trade mark.
(3) Where a person claiming to be the
proprietor of several trade marks in respect of the same or similar goods or
services or description of goods or description of services, which, while
resembling each other in the material particulars thereof, yet differ in
respect of—
(a) statement of the
goods or services in relation to which they are respectively used or proposed
to be used; or
(b) statement of
number, price, quality or names of places; or
(c) other matter of a
non distinctive character which does not substantially affect the identity of
the trade mark; or
(d) colour, seeks to
register those trade marks, they may be registered as a series in one
registration.