Trade Marks Act, 1999
23. Registration .-
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 19,
when an application for registration of a trade mark has been accepted and
either-
(a) the application
has not been opposed and the time for notice of opposition has expired, or
(b) the application
has been opposed and the opposition has been decided in favor of the applicant.
The registrar shall, unless the Central
Government otherwise directs, register the said trade mark and the trade mark
when registered shall be registered as of the date of the making of the said
application and that date shall, subject to the provisions of section 154, be
deemed to be the date of registration.
(2) On the registration of a trade mark, the
Registration shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form
of the registration thereof, sealed with the seal of the Trade Marks Registry.
(3) Where registration of a trade mark, is not
completed within twelve months from the date of application by reason of
default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar may, after notice to the
applicant in the prescribed manner, treat the application as abandoned unless
it is completed within the time specified in that behalf in the notice.
(4) The Registrar may amend the register a
certificate of registration for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or
an obvious mistake.