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Is Sub-Licensing of a Trademark Permitted under the Indian Trade Marks Act?

April 21, 2020 by Latha Nair IP, Patent, Trademark
Home | IP | Is Sub-Licensing of a Trademark Permitted under the Indian Trade Marks Act?

Last month, I had blogged about the feasibility of a sub-license under the Indian copyright law. 

In this blog post, I will examine the issue whether the Indian Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“the TM Act”) permits sub-licensing of trademarks. An oft-discussed issue while working on corporate deals which involve IP licensing is the insistence by a licensee that its “right to sub-license” the mark must be provided for in the agreement. 

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Latha Nair

Latha Nair is a Partner with K&S Partners and has over 27 years of experience in the domains of copyright, trademark, and geographic indications. 

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