Trade Marks Act, 1999
52. Right to registered user to take
proceedings against infringement.-
(1) Subject to any agreement subsisting
between the parties, a registered user may institute proceedings for
infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor, making
the registered proprietor a defendant and the rights and obligations of such
registered user in such case being concurrent with those of the registered
proprietor.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any
other law, a registered proprietor so added as defendant shall not be liable
for any costs unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.