Trade Marks Act, 1999
28. Rights conferred by registration.-
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this
Act, the registration of a trade mark shall, if valid, give to the registered
proprietor of the trade mark the exclusive right to the use of the trade mark
in relation to the goods or service in respect of which the trade mark is
registered and to obtain relief in respect of infringement of the trade mark in
the manner provided by this Act.
(2) The exclusive right to the use of a trade
mark given under sub-section (1) shall be subject to any conditions and
limitations to which the registration is subject.
(3) Where two or more persons are registered
proprietors of trade marks, which are identical with or nearly resemble reach
other, the exclusive right to the use of any of those trade marks shall not
(except so far as their respective rights are subject to any conditions or
limitations entered on the register) be deemed to have been acquired by any one
of those persons as against any other of those persons merely by registration
of the trade marks but each of those persons have otherwise the same rights as
against other persons (not being registered proprietor.