Section 36A – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Application of Act in case of international registration under Madrid Protocol The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to international applications and international registrations under the Madrid Protocol.

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a trade program that allows developed countries to provide preferential tariff treatment (lower or zero tariffs) on imports from developing and least developed countries (LDCs). This helps promote economic growth and export opportunities for developing nations. Key Features of GSP Tariff Reductions – Developed countries reduce or eliminate

Section 36 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Saving for words used as name or description of an article or substance or service (1) The registration of a trade mark shall not be deemed to have become invalid by reason only of any use after the date of the registration of any word or words which the trade mark contains or of which

Section 35 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Saving for use of name, address or description of goods or services Nothing in this Act shall entitle the proprietor or a registered user of a registered trade mark to interfere with any bona fide use by a person of his own name or that of his place of business, or of the name, or of the

Section 34 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Saving for vested rights Nothing in this Act shall entitle the proprietor or a registered user of registered trade mark to interfere with or restrain the use by any person of a trade mark identical with or nearly resembling it in relation to goods or services in relation to which that person or a predecessor

Section 33 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Effect of acquiescence (1) Where the proprietor of an earlier trade mark has acquiesced for a continuous period of five years in the use of a registered trade mark, being aware of that use, he shall no longer be entitled on the basis of that earlier trade mark— (a)   to apply for a declaration

Section 32 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Protection of registration on ground of distinctiveness in certain cases Where a trade mark is registered in breach of sub-section (1) of section 9, it shall not be declared invalid if, in consequence of the use which has been made of it, it has after registration and before commencement of any legal proceedings challenging the

Section 31 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity (1) Inall legal proceedings relating to a trade mark registered under this Act (including applications under section 57), the original registration of the trade mark and of all subsequent assignments and transmissions of the trade mark shall be prima facie evidence of the validity thereof; (2) In all legal

Section 30 – Trade Marks Act, 1999

Limits on effect of registered trade mark (1) Nothing in section 29 shall be construed as preventing the use of a registered trade mark by any person for the purposes of identifying goods or services as those of the proprietor provided the use— (a)   is in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial

Old Age Assistance

Old Age Assistance

The Delhi government has launched an Old Age Pension Program, which aims to provide financial assistance to eligible senior citizens in the form of periodic pensions. Under this scheme, candidates aged 60-69 years receive monthly financial assistance.The Financial Assistance Scheme is only available to Delhi residents who meet the eligibility criteria established by the Government