Section 44: Registration to be conclusive as to validity after five years

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44. Registration to be conclusive as to validity after five years.___In all legal proceedings relating to a registered trade mark, the original registration of the trade mark shall, after the expiration of five years from the date of its original registration, be taken to be valid in all respects unless such registration was obtained by fraud, or unless the trade mark offends against the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 14.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 43: Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity Section 45: Saving for words used as name or description of an article or a substance Section 42: When a trade mark is not infringed Section 46: Action for infringement Section 41: Infringement of trade mark by breach of certain restrictions Section 47: Order for erasure of offending mark

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