2. DEFINITIONS. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) “Act” means the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958); (b) “Agent” means a person authorised under See. 123; (c) “Application for registration of a trade mark” includes the trade mark contained in it: (d) “Appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry” means the relevant office of the Trade Marks Registry as specified in rule 4; (e) “Form” means a form set forth in either the Second or the Third Schedule; (f) “Journal” means the Trade Marks Journal; (g) “Notified date”, means the date on which the rules come into force; (h) “Principal place of business in India”, means the relevant place in India as specified in rule 3; (i) “Registered trade marks agent” means a trade mark agent whose name is actually on the Register of Trade Marks Agents maintained under rule 146; (j) “Schedule” means a Schedule to the rules; (k) “Section” means a section of the Act; (l) “Specification” means the designation of goods in respect of which a trade mark or registered user of a trade mark is registered or proposed to be registered; (m) “All other words and expressions used but not defined in the rules and defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.
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