https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196821 The statutory scheme for trade mark renewal and removal requires the Registrar to issue the prescribed notice in Form O-3 before removing a mark for non-payment of renewal fee, because removal is not automatic on expiry and must follow the notice procedure strictly. Removal without that notice is invalid, as the statutory process creates civil consequences and cannot be bypassed by subordinate rules. Where removal is unlawful for want of notice, the one-year limitation for restoration under the renewal-restoration provisions does not bar the proprietor's application. The maintained direction required verification of proprietary succession and the absence of conflicting intervening registrations before restoration and renewal. en-us Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:37:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196821 The statutory scheme for trade mark renewal and removal requires the Registrar to issue the prescribed notice in Form O-3 before removing a mark for non-payment of renewal fee, because removal is not automatic on expiry and must follow the notice procedure strictly. Removal without that notice is invalid, as the statutory process creates civil consequences and cannot be bypassed by subordinate rules. Where removal is unlawful for want of notice, the one-year limitation for restoration under the renewal-restoration provisions does not bar the proprietor's application. The maintained direction required verification of proprietary succession and the absence of conflicting intervening registrations before restoration and renewal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196821