Trade Marks Act, 1963
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Registration in Part A to be conclusive as to validity after seven years. |
21.—(1) In all legal proceedings relating to a trade mark registered in Part A of the register (including applications under section 40 of this Act) the original registration in Part A of the register of the trade mark shall, after the expiration of seven years from the date of that registration, be taken to be valid in all respects, unless— | |
(a) that registration was obtained by fraud, or | ||
(b) the trade mark offends against section 19 of this Act. | ||
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of section 13 of this Act shall be construed as making applicable to a trade mark, as being a trade mark registered in Part B of the register, the foregoing provisions of this section relating to a trade mark registered in Part A of the register. |