Section 77: Cancellation or varying of registration of certification trade marks.

The Trade Marks Act, 1999Central Act · Act 47 of 1999

The Registrar may, on the application in the prescribed manner of any person aggrieved and after giving the proprietor an opportunity of opposing the application, make such order as he thinks fit for expunging or varying any entry in the register to a certification trade mark, or for varying the regulations, on any of the following grounds, namely:--

(a) that the proprietor is no longer competent, in the case of any of the goods or services in respect of which the mark is registered, to certify those goods or services;

(b) that the proprietor has failed to observe any provisions of the regulations to be observed on his part;

(d) that it is requisite for the public advantage that if the mark remains registered, the regulations should be varied.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Trade Marks Act, 1999
Section	77
Marginal note	Cancellation or varying of registration of certification trade marks.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	4

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