Section 65 Trade Marks Act 1999 read with the 1999 framework provides for COLLECTIVE MARKS under:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. Chapter VIII Trade Marks Act 1999 (Sections 61-68) provides for COLLECTIVE MARKS — defined in Section 2(1)(g) as 'a trade mark distinguishing the goods or services of members of an association of persons (not being a partnership within the meaning of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932) which is the proprietor of the mark from those of others'.
2. Section 61(2): a collective mark shall be capable of distinguishing the goods or services of members of an association of persons from those of others.
3. Section 63 prescribes regulations governing use; Section 64 provides for the publication; Section 65 sets out alteration of regulations.
4. Chapter IX Trade Marks Act 1999 (Sections 69-78) covers CERTIFICATION TRADE MARKS — different framework.
5. Hence option A is correct.
_Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Trade Marks Act 1999, Chapter VIII (Sections 61-68)_
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