law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  18. Application for registration. – 
  (1) Any person claiming to be the proprietor
  
  of a trade mark used or proposed to be used by him, who is desirous of
  
  registering it, shall apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed
  
  manner for the registration of his trade mark.
  (2) A single application may be made for registration
  
  of a trade mark for different classes of gods and services and fee payable
  
  therefor shall be in respect of each such class of goods or services.
  (3) Every application under sub-section (1)
  
  shall be filed in the office of the Trade Mark Registry within whose
  
  territorial limits the principal place of business in India of the applicant or
  
  in the case of joint applicants the principal place of business in India of the
  
  applicant whose name is first mentioned in the application as having a place of
  
  business in India, is situate:
  (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the
  
  Registrar may refuse the application or may accept it absolutely or subject to
  
  such amendments, modifications, conditions or limitations, if any, as he may
  
  think fit.
  (5) In the case of a refusal or conditional
  
  acceptance of an application, the Registrar shall record in writing the grounds
  
  for such refusal or conditional acceptance and the materials used by him in
  
  arriving at his decision.