Section 49 Trade Marks Act 1967

Section 49 of the Trade Marks Act 1967 is about Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity. It is under ‘Legal proceedings and appeals’ of the Act. It provides as follows:

In all legal proceedings relating to a registered trade mark (including applications under section 38 of this Act) the fact that a person is registered as proprietor of the trade mark shall be prima facie evidence of the validity of the original registration of the trade mark and of all subsequent assignments and transmissions thereof.