Section 10 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 – Limitation as to colour

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Section 10: Limitation as to colour

  • (1) A trade mark may be limited wholly or in part to any combination of colours and any such limitation shall be taken into consideration by the 1[Registrae or the High Court, as the case may be,] having to decide on the distinctive character of the trade mark.
  • (2) So far as a trade mark is registered without limitation of colour, it shall be deemed to be registered for all colours.

Source: official text of The Trade Marks Act, 1999 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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