Trade Marks

In today’s world of business and marketing, a consumer has options and alternatives for almost any good or service that it might be interested in. A Trade Mark is a distinctive sign or indicator which is used by an individual or any entity to represent the goods and services manufactured and marketed by that party a Trade Mark may be anything from a word, symbol, letter, sound, smell or shape which distinguishes the goods and services covered under it from that of other third parties

We provide diverse services in the Trademarks field including:

• Trademark Searches in more than 100 countries
• Proprietor/ Owner/ Applicant searches
• Drafting specification of goods and services
• Trademark Application
• International Registration under Madrid Agreement
• Convention Trademark Filing in other countries
• International Registrations (IR) designating India
• Provisional Refusals response and handling
• Trademark prosecution
• Trademark registration
• Trademark watch in more than 100 countries
• Response to Office Action
• Trademark hearings
• Renewal services
• Portfolio Management
• Assignment Recordals
• Licensing and Recordals
• Due Diligence
• Trademark Oppositions
• Trademark Cancellations

Filing Requirements

Trade Mark Application

• Name, address and nationality of the Applicant
• Representation of the trade mark
• List of goods and services
• List of Classes
  
• Date of first use of the mark in India, if any (alternatively, the mark may be filed and registered on the basis of intent to use)
• Translation, Transliteration and Language of any non-English/ non-Hindi characters or words in the mark
• Priority application number, country and date, if any
• Certified copy of priority documents (with English translation), (may be filed within 2 months of Indian filing at no extra costs)
• Power of Attorney (may be filed within 6 months at no extra costs)

Collective Trade Mark Application

• Name, address and nationality of the Applicant
• Representation of the trade mark
• List of goods and services
• List of Classes
• Date of first use of the mark in India, if any (alternatively, the mark may be filed and registered on the basis of intent to use)
• Translation, Transliteration and Language of any non-English/ non-Hindi characters or words in the mark
• Priority application number, country and date, if any
• Certified copy of priority documents (with English translation), (may be filed within 2 months of Indian filing at no extra costs)
• Power of Attorney (may be filed within 6 months at no extra costs)
• A statement of case setting out the grounds on which the applicant relies in support of the application
• Regulations governing the use of the mark (with English Translation). The regulations must specify
• The name of the association of persons and their respective office addresses
• The object of the association
• The details of members
• The conditions for membership and relation of each member with the group
• The persons authorised to use the mark and the nature of control the applicant exercise over the use of
• The collective mark
• The conditions governing use of the collective mark, including sanctions
• The procedure for dealing with appeals against the use of the collective mark
• Such other relevant particulars as may be called for by the Registrar

Trade Mark Opposition

• List of corresponding trade mark registrations/ pending applications in all countries (including word mark, figurative mark, device mark etc containing the mark in all countries and classes with registration/ application numbers)
• The date of adoption of the mark
• The date of first use of the mark (anywhere in the world) and subsequent foreign use, publicity etc
• List of countries where the mark has been used
• Details of any pending/ registered Indian Trade mark Application except those filed by us
• Details of use of trade mark in India, if any including date of first use
• Details of Advertisement of trade mark in India, if any
• List of TV Channels/ Newspapers/ Magazines/ International Publications etc where the mark has been advertised anywhere in the world, if any
• Details of any websites/ domain names similar to the mark owned by your Company
• List of countries where the mark has been held to be well-known
• Brief information on applicant company (like nature of business, year of formation, countries of operation, particular information about the trade mark which makes the mark well-known etc.)
• Other information regarding the trade mark adoption, use, advertisement, protection etc.