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Trademark Registration Process Guide

The document outlines the trademark registration process in India. It discusses the key stages including classification, pre-filing search, trademark application, issuance of official receipt, examination report, acceptance, publication, opposition period, and registration. It also provides details on trademark search reports, jurisdictions of different trademark registries, documents required for filing, and options for an expedited registration process.

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Trademark Registration Process Guide

The document outlines the trademark registration process in India. It discusses the key stages including classification, pre-filing search, trademark application, issuance of official receipt, examination report, acceptance, publication, opposition period, and registration. It also provides details on trademark search reports, jurisdictions of different trademark registries, documents required for filing, and options for an expedited registration process.

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Trademark

Registration
Procedure
By
Mr. Vijay Kumar M.
I-WIN IP Services
Vijay@[Link]
[Link]
Trademark Registration Process Flow
Chart
SEARCH

TRADE MARK APPLICATION

ISSUANCE OF OFFICIAL RECEIPT

OFFICIAL
ACTION/HEARING

RESPONSE

RESPONSE
ACCEPTED?

ACCEPTANCE

PUBLICATION
(Opposition 3 months)

REGISTRATION
10 years from the
date of filing of
the application RENEWAL
Two Stages
 Stage One
– Classification and Pre-Filing Search
 Trademark 42 Classes (including 7 Classes
for Service Marks)
 TM 54 (Search application) three copies
 TM 55 (Registrar’s Preliminary Advice)
 Public Search at Trademark Office
 Stage Two
– Involves the registration Process itself
Classes List

Classes List
Trademark Registration
Process – Contd..
 Trademark Application

– Issuance of Official Receipt ( TM No will be issued)


 Examination Report
– Within three months from application
– Response within one months from the date of the
Examination report
 Response by filing an Affidavit
 Response by hearing
 Response by Interview ( In case the agent has 100+
pending cases)
 Trademark application amendment
– TM 16
Trademark Registration
Process – Contd..
 Acceptance before advertisement
 Publication
– Wait for Opposition for Three months
– Opposition Proceedings
 Registration
– Initially for 10 years from the date of the
application
 Renewal
Trademark Search Report
Jurisdiction
Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai(Head Office)
101, Maharshi Karve Road,
Pratishta Bhavan, Mumbai-400 020
Tel. 22030924/22081315, Fax: 22013694

 Jurisdiction:  State of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa


Trade Marks Registry, Delhi
Intellectual Property Bhavan, Plot NO.32, Section 14, Dwarka, Delhi
Tel. 011-28082915/ 16/17 Fax:

 Jurisdiction: State of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Union Territory of Delhi and Chandigarh
  Trade Marks Registry, Kolkata,
CP-2, Sector V, 5th floor, [Link], Salt Lake,
Kolkata-700091 (Telfax. 033-23677311

 Jurisdiction: State of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Manipur,
Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim , Tripura and Union Territory of Nagaland, Andamar & Nicobar
Island.
 
Trade Marks Registry, Ahmedabad,
15/27 National Chambers, 1st floor,
Ashram road,
Ahmedabad-380 009.
Tel: 079-26580567
 Jurisdiction: The state of Gujarat and Rajasthan and Union Territory of Damman, Diu, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli
 
Trade Marks Registry, Chennai
IPR building, GST Road,
Chennai-31 Tel : 044-23222441

 Jurisdiction: The state of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Union Territory
of Pondicherry and Lakshadweep Island.
Documents & Information
Required for Filing a
Trademark Application
 Logo Soft copy in JPEG Format
 TM 48 (Form of Authorization)
 Date of first use of the mark.
 Name and address of the proprietor
of the mark.
 Required fee
Expedited Process for the
Registration
 TM 71 Expedited Search
– Five times of the normal fee
 TM 63 Expedited Examination
– Five times of the normal fee
– Upon approval of the Registrar
 TM7 Request for Expedited
Certificate

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