Trademark Registration
Trademark Registration
It takes a great deal of hard work and resources to build a brand. Hence, It is important to make sure that you have exclusive ownership to use the logo, slogan, shape and packaging of goods, sound, smell, colour combinations or anything else that gives your brand a distinct identity. Trademark Act, 1999 allows you to register a trademark in India. It makes way for exclusive ownership rights and restricts all others from its usage and thereby benefitting the owner of the registered mark.
Application for logo registration can be done quickly and online. One can start using a “TM” symbol as soon as the application is made. However, TM registration process takes up to 15-18 months. It includes various processes for validating original ownership of the mark. Trademark registration in India is going through many innovative changes. Consider this – one can now avail trademark for Unconventional Marks through which even a distinct sound can now be registered as a trademark in India.
Experts at LegalDoor.in file more than 1,000 trademark applications every year. We represent clients in all major cities of India including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai and more.
Benefits of Trademark Registration :
It takes a great deal of hard work and resources to build a brand. Hence, It is important to make sure that you have exclusive ownership to use the logo, slogan, shape and packaging of goods, sound, smell, colour combinations or anything else that gives your brand a distinct identity. Trademark Act, 1999 allows you to register a trademark in India. It makes way for exclusive ownership rights and restricts all others from its usage and thereby benefitting the owner of the registered mark.
Application for logo registration can be done quickly and online. One can start using a “TM” symbol as soon as the application is made. However, TM registration process takes up to 15-18 months. It includes various processes for validating original ownership of the mark. Trademark registration in India is going through many innovative changes. Consider this – one can now avail trademark for Unconventional Marks through which even a distinct sound can now be registered as a trademark in India.
Experts at LegalDoor.in file more than 1,000 trademark applications every year. We represent clients in all major cities of India including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai and more.
1. Trademark or logo copy
2. Applicant details like name, address and nationality and for company: the state of incorporation
3. Goods or services to register
4. Date of first use of the trademark in India, if used by you prior to applying.
5. Power of attorney to be signed by the applicant
1. Even biggest businesses like coca-cola, Siemens, Apple protect their business by means of trademark.
2. The trademark would be important asset for your business and contributes to the goodwill generated.
3. With registered trademark you can stop others from using your trademarked business name / logo etc with regards to goods or services it is registered
5. Trademark can considered just like any other form of asset like real estate, as it can be sold, licensed or assigned
6. It guarantees the identity of the origin of goods and services.
7. It stimulates further purchase.
8. It serves as a badge of loyalty and affiliation.
9. It may enable consumer to make a life style or fashion statement.
FAQ
As soon as you file the application, you receive an acknowledgement, which gives you the right to use the ™ symbol. Once it’s registered, you can use the ® symbol.
If your trademark is similar to an existing application, would hurt religious sentiments, contains geographical names or common words. It would also be rejected if it is likely to cause confusion. So you can’t register the word ‘car’ for a car brand, but may do so for a brand of electronics.
Trademark Registration is a complicated process and it takes around 18-24 months to obtain registration in a direct case, without any objections or oppositions. However, the trademark application number is typically issued within one or 2 days after application submission.
The registration application filed under the Trademark Act, 1999 is verified and registered in India and it remains valid only in India.
Many start-ups register a Trademark based on the founder’s name, whereas large businesses prefer to do so in the name of the company. This is because the future of a start-up is always in doubt. If owned by the founder, the trademark would be valid regardless of the state of the entity.
