law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  17. Effect of registration of parts of a
  
  mark.- 
  (1) When a trade mark consists of several
  
  matters, its registration shall confer on the proprietor exclusive right to the
  
  use of the trade mark as a whole.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1), when a trade mark- 
  (a) contains any part-
  
  
  (i) which is not the
  
  subject of a separate application by the proprietor for registration as a trade
  
  mark; or
  (ii) which is not
  
  separately registered by the proprietor as a trade mark; or
  (b) contains any
  
  matter which is common to the trade or is otherwise of a non-distinctive
  
  character, the registration thereof shall not confer any exclusive right in the
  
  matter forming only a part of the whole of the trade mark so registered.