law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  52. Right to registered user to take
  
  proceedings against infringement.- 
  (1) Subject to any agreement subsisting
  
  between the parties, a registered user may institute proceedings for
  
  infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor, making
  
  the registered proprietor a defendant and the rights and obligations of such
  
  registered user in such case being concurrent with those of the registered
  
  proprietor.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any
  
  other law, a registered proprietor so added as defendant shall not be liable
  
  for any costs unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.