17. Statement of principal place of business in India in an application.- (1) Every application for registration of a trade mark shall state the principal place of business in India, if any, of the applicant or in the case of joint applicants, of such of the joint applicants as have a principal place of business in India. (2) Subject to the provisions of rules 18, 19 and 21, any written communication addressed to an applicant, or in the case of joint applicants to a joint applicant, in connection with the registration of a trade mark, at the address of his principal place of business in India given by him in the application shall be deemed to be properly addressed. |