Rule 53

53. Entry in the Register.-

(l) Where no notice of opposition to an application advertised or re-advertised in the Journal is filed within the period specified in sub-section ( l) of section 21, or where an opposition is filed and it is dismissed, the Registrar shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section ( l) of section 23 or section 19, enter the trademark on the register.

(2) The entry of a trademark in the register shall specify the date of filing of the application, the actual date of the registration, the goods or services and the class or classes in respect of which it is registered, and all particulars required by sub-section (l) of section 6 including-

(a) the address of the principal place of business in India, if any, of the proprietor of the trademark or in the case of a jointly owned trademark, of such of the joint proprietors of the trademark as having a principal place of business in India;

(b) where the proprietor of the trademark has no place of business in India, his address for service in India as entered in the application for registration together with his address in his home country;

(c) in the case of a jointly owned trademark, where none of the joint proprietors has a principal place of business in India, the address for service in India as given in the application together with the address of each of the joint proprietors in his home country;

(d) the particulars of the trade, business, profession, occupation or other description of the proprietor or, in the case of a jointly owned trademark, of the joint proprietors of the trademark as entered in the application for registration;

(e) particulars affecting the scope of the registration of the rights conferred by the registration;

(f) the convention application date, if any, to be accorded pursuant to an application from applicants of a convention country made under section 154;

(g) where the trademark is a collective or certification trademark, that fact;

(h) where the trademark is registered pursuant to subsection 4 of section 11 with the consent of the proprietor of an earlier trademark or other earlier right, that fact; and

(i) the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry in relation to the trademark.

(3) The Registrar may from time to time, in consultation with computer experts, formulate guidelines for keeping official records in electronic form.