Trade Marks Act : Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement. Indian Bare Acts

Trade Marks Act,1999

Act No : 47

Section : Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement.

52. Right of registered user to take proceedings against infringement.-(1) Subject to any agreement subsisting between the parties, a registered user may institute proceedings for infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor, maki g the registered proprietor a defendant and the rights and obligations of such registered user in such case being concurrent with those of the registered proprietor. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, a registered proprietor so added as defendant shall not be liable for any costs unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.