PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
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(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government m notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of th shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provisio Definitions and interpretation.
2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) 3[***] (b) “assignment” means an assignment in writing by act of the partie cerned; (c) “associated trade marks” means trade marks deemed to be, or requ be, registered as associated trade marks under this Act; (d) 4[***]
1. Dated 30-12-1999. 2. Notification No. S.O. 1048(E), dated 15-9-2003 - In exercise of the powers confe sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), the Central G ment hereby appoints 15th day of September, 2003 as the date on which all the pro of the said Act shall come into force. 3. Omitted by the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, w.r.e.f. 4-4-2021. Prior to its omission (a) read as under: ‘(a) “Appellate Board” means the Appellate Board established under section 83;’ 4. Omitted, ibid. Prior to its omission, clause (d) read as under: ‘(d) “Bench” means a Bench of the Appellate Board;’
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