(3)Any person may request the Registrar, in Form TM-60 to cause a search to be made and for issue of certificate under sub-section (1) of section 45 of Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957) to the effect that no trade mark identical with or deceptively similar to such artistic work, as sought to be registered as copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957) has been registered as a trade mark under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) in the name of, or that no application has been made under that Act for such re-registration by any person other than the applicant. The certificate shall ordinarily be issued within thirty working days of the date of request:Provided, however, the Registrar may call for a statement of requirements from the applicant and if the requirements are not complied within two months from the date of such calling of the statement, the request in Form TM-60 may be treated as abandoned.
