Section 55

55. Use of one of the associated or substantially identical trade marks equivalent to use of another.-

(1) Where under the provisions of this Act, use of a registered trademark is required to be proved for any purpose, the tribunal may, if and, so far as it shall think right, accept the use of a registered associated trademark, or of the trademark with additions or alterations not substantially affecting its identity, as an equivalent for the use required to be proved.

(2) The use of the whole of a registered trademark shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to also use of any trademark is a part thereof and registered in accordance with subsection (1) of section 15 in the name of the same proprietor.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in section 32, the use of part of the registered trademark in sub-section (2) shall not be conclusive as to its evidence of distinctiveness for any purpose under this Act.