Please give details of the major acts and directives governing trademarks.
The Trade Marks Act 1999 (No 47 of 1999), as amended (published in The Gazette of India, 30 December 1999, No 60) and the Trade Marks Rules of 26 February 2002 govern trademarks in India.
The Trade Marks Act 1999 is available from the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks website at
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