# The Trade Marks Act, 1999, Section 35: Saving for use of name, address or description of goods or services

- Act: The Trade Marks Act, 1999 (Act 47 of 1999)
- In force from: 2003-09-15
- Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/trade-marks-act/section/35/

## Text

Nothing in this Act shall entitle the proprietor or a registered user of a registered trade mark to interfere with any bona fide use by a person of his own name or that of his place of business, or of the name, or of the name of the place of business, of any of his predecessors in business, or the use by any person of any bona fide description of the character or quality of his goods or services.

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