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Section 21 Trade Marks Act 1999 deals with OPPOSITION to registration. The time limit for filing opposition is:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 21(1) Trade Marks Act 1999: 'Any person may, within four months from the date of the advertisement or re-advertisement of an application for registration, give notice in writing in the prescribed manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, to the Registrar, of opposition to the registration.'
2. Originally 3 months in 1999 Act; extended to 4 months by 2010 Amendment.
3. Rule 42 prescribes Form TM-O for opposition.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 — Trade Marks Act 1999, Section 21; Trade Marks Rules 2017, Rule 42_
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