CHAPTER III
RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION AND RESTORATION
63. Renewal of registration.- (1) An application for the renewal of the registration of a trade mark shall be made in Form TM-12 and may be made at any time not more than six months before the expiration of the last registration of the trade mark.
(2) Such application for renewal may be filed by the person who is the proprietor of the registered trade mark or his agent.
(3) If the proprietor, as set forth in the application for renewal is not the same person or the same legal entity as the registered proprietor, continuity of title from the registered proprietor in whose name the last renewal was effected to the present owner shall be shown in the first instance by way of affidavit along with supporting chain of documents.
(4) The Registrar may accept an application for renewal from the managing trustee, executors, administrators and the like, when supported by court order or other evidence of authority to act on behalf of the present proprietor.
64. Notice before removal of trade mark from register -(1) At a date not less than one month and not more than three months before the expiration of the last registration of a trade mark, if no application in Form TM-12 for renewal of the registration together with the prescribed fee has been received, the Registrar shall notify the registered proprietor or in the case of a jointly registered trade mark each of the joint registered proprietors and each registered user, if any, in writing in Form O-3 of the approaching expiration at the address of their respective principal places of business in India as entered in the register or where such registered proprietor or registered user has no principal place of business in India at his address for service in India entered in the Register.
(2) Where, in the case of a mark the registration of which (by reference to the date of application for registration) becomes due for renewal, the mark is registered at any time within six months before the date on which renewal is due, the registration may be renewed by the payment of the renewal fee within six months after the actual date of registration and where the renewal fee is not paid within that period the Registrar shall subject to rule 66, remove the mark from the register.
(3) Where, in the case of a mark the registration of which (by reference to the date of application for registration) becomes due for renewal, the mark is registered after the date of renewal, the registration may be renewed by the payment of the renewal fee within six months of the actual date of registration and where the renewal fee is not paid within that period the Registrar shall, subject to rule 66, remove the mark from the register.
(4) The renewal of registration of a collective mark or a certification trade mark shall be in Form TM-12 with the prescribed fee specified in the First Schedule.
65. Advertisement of removal of trade mark from the register.-If at the expiration of last registration of a trade mark, the renewal fees has not been paid, the Registrar may remove the trade mark from the register and advertise the fact forthwith in the Journal:
Provided that the Registrar shall not remove the trade mark from the register if an application is made for payment of surcharge under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 25 in Form TM-10 within six months from the expiration of the last registration of the trade mark.
66. Restoration and renewal of registration.- An application for the restoration of a trade mark to the register and renewal of its registration under sub-section (4) of section 25, shall be made in Form TM-13 within one year from the expiration of the last registration of the trade mark accompanied by the prescribed fee. The Registrar shall, while considering the request for such restoration and renewal have regard to the interest of other affected persons.
67. Notice and advertisement of renewal and restoration.-Upon the renewal or restoration and renewal of registration, a notice to that effect shall be sent to the registered proprietor and every registered user and the renewal or restoration and renewal shall be advertised in the Journal.