Trade Marks Act, 1999
6. The Register of Trade Marks.-
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a record
called the Register of Trade Mark shall be kept at the head office of the Trade
Marks Registry, wherein shall be entered all registered trade mark with the
names, addresses and description of the proprietors, notifications of
assignment and transmissions, the name, addresses and description of registered
users, conditions, limitations and such other matters relating to registered
trade mark as may be prescribed.
1. Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (1) it shall be lawful for the Registrar to keep the records wholly
or partly in computer floppies diskettes or in any other electronic form
subject to such safeguards as may be prescribed.
Where such register is maintained wholly or
party on computer under sub-section (2) any reference in this Act to entry in
the register shall be construed as the reference to any entry as maintained on
computer or in any other electronic form.
No notice of any trust, express or implied or
constructive, shall be entered in the register and no such notice shall be
receivable by the Registrar.
The register shall be kept under the control
and management of the Registrar.
There shall be kept at each branch office of
the Trade Marks Registry a copy of the register and such of the other documents
mentioned in section 148 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, direct.
The Register of Trade Marks, both Part A and
Part B, existing at the commencement of this Act, shall be incorporated in and
from part of the register under this Act.