A trademark is a visual symbol that can be a word, name, number, label, color combination, etc. used by a business to distinguish its services or products from other same goods or services which are made in a different business. Trademarks in India are listed by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Trademarks are registered under the Trademark Act, 1999, and give the trademark owner, the power to sue for losses when infringements of trademarks happen. Registered trademarks are the intellectual property of a business, they are used to safeguard the company’s investment in the brand or symbol. Trademarks are necessary to get registered if it is unique for the products and services you give.
Proposed trademarks that are the same or identical to an existing registered trademark cannot be registered. Moreover, trademarks are not registerable, if it is offensive, general, unreliable, not unique, includes specifically protected emblems, etc.
Once a trademark registration process is done, the R symbol can be applied and the registration will become valid for 10 years. Registered trademarks nearing expiry can regularly renew the registration process by filing a trademark renewal application for a time period of another 10 years.
Before preparation of the documents, it’s important to get an authorization letter that is appropriately signed by you because it enables us to file for trademark registration on behalf of you. After getting the authorization letter, we begin preparing the documents which are required, to apply online. Soon, you will receive the approval of the application, and you will gain the right to use the ™ symbol. While filing for the trademark registration, the documents you are required to provide are as follows:
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