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The Trade Marks Act, 1940

( ACT NO. V OF 1940 )

Chapter VI

USE OF TRADE MARKS AND REGISTERED USERS

Proposed use of trade mark by company to be formed
36. (1) No application for the registration of a trademark in respect of any goods shall be refused, nor shall permission for such registration be withheld, on the ground only that it appears that the applicant does not use or propose to use the trade mark, if the Registrar is satisfied that a company is about to be formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1913 and that the applicant intends to assign the trade mark to that company with a view to the use thereof in relation to those goods by the company.
 
 
 
 
(2) The tribunal may, in a case to which sub section (1) applies, require the applicant to give security for the costs of any proceed¬ings relative to any opposition or appeal, and in default of such security being duly given may treat the application as abandoned.
 
 
 
 
(3) Where in a case to which sub section (1) applies, a trade mark in respect of any goods is registered in the name of an applicant who relies on intention to assign to a company, then, unless within such period as may be prescribed, or within such further period not exceeding six months as the Registrar may, on application being made to him in the prescribed manner, allow, the company has been registered as the proprietor of the trade mark in respect of those goods, the registration shall cease to have effect in respect thereof at the expiration of that period, and the Registrar shall amend the register accordingly.

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