law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  17. Compulsory
  
  variety denomination.-
  1.  Every
  
  application shall assign a single and distinct denomination to a variety with
  
  respect to which he is seeking registration under this Act in accordance with
  
  the regulations.
  2.  The
  
  Authority shall, having regard to the provisions of any international
  
  convention or treaty to, which India has become a party, make regulations
  
  governing the assignment of denomination to a plant variety.
  3.  Where
  
  the denomination assigned to the variety does not satisfy the requirements
  
  specified in the regulations, the Registrar may require the applicant to
  
  propose another denomination within such time as may be specified by such
  
  regulations.
  4.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), a denomination
  
  assigned to a variety shall not be registered as a trade mark under that Act.