Articles tagged with trademark

How to Proceed If Your Trademark File Has Been Opposed

If your trademark file has been opposed, you must respond within a month of receiving the examination report with objections, or else the application shall be declared abandoned.
02 Sep 2016 by Ankan Bose

How to Oppose a Trademark?


For filing opposition, the TM-5 form should be filled with the prescribed fees of Rs-2500/-.An Opposer can raise either absolute ground like fraud, bad faith, functionality, etc. or on relative grounds namely likelihood of confusion.

02 Sep 2016 by Archi Bhatia

Saving Your Trademark after it has expired?

For renewal of trademark after expiration, the owner of the mark can file TM-10 within 6 months after expiration and pay a certain amount of charges for renewing the trademark.
02 Sep 2016 by Ankan Bose

How to Restore your Trademark

If the trademark is expired, one can apply for its re-registration or renewal. But then there are challenges, if somebody else has already applied for registration of the expired trademark, then the owner is not left with any choice but to file objection
02 Sep 2016 by Ankan Bose

How to avoid trademark infringement?


To avoid trademark infringement, the company needs to Compare the Trademark,Check Strength of Trademark,Study related products and services before carrying forward the process of trademark registration or usage in the market

05 Sep 2016 by Nimisha Gupta

How to File for Trademark Rectification?


To file a Trademark Rectification Form TM-26 needs to be filed or Form TM- 43 (in case of collective trademark or certification trademark) which cost Rs.3000/-

05 Sep 2016 by Archi Bhatia

Can you Trademark a Sound in India?


A sound is also a type of trademark and it can be registered in India.However, it is one of the most difficult to register as it needs a clear, unique, distinctive graphical representation to get registered.The sound logo can comprise musical notes, words

06 Sep 2016 by Archi Bhatia

Need for Trademark Classification?


Trademark Classification is a way by which Trademark Examiner checks the Application Form for TM Registration.The idea behind this system is to specify the extension of the intellectual property right by determining goods or services

10 Sep 2016 by Manmeet Singh

Multi-class Trademark Application


Multiple-class Trademark application is an application for trademark registration in which the applicant seeks registration for more than one class.FORM TM-51 which costs Rs.4000 is filed for new applications for multi-class trademark

10 Sep 2016 by Archi Bhatia

What is a Colour Trademark?


Section 10 of the Act states that a trademark can be limited to a particular colour or combinations of colours. So it is allowed by the law to register one colour or combination of colour as a trademark.

20 Sep 2016 by Archi Bhatia