Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Trademark Applications in India

Trademark Applications in India can be classified under two categories depending upon their priority claim.
1. Ordinary trade mark application without any priority
2. Conventional trade mark application- has to be filed within 6 months from date of filing of conventional application

In case of conventional trademark application, certified copy of the priority document has to be filed within 2 months from the date of filing of application in India.

Besides above trademark applications, there are also certification trademarks and collective trademarks that are registrable in India.

Trademark offices in India
There are five trademark registries in India located at New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata and depending upon territorial jurisdiction where the Applicant is located, the application has to be filed. For foreign applicant the application has to be filed before trademark registry within whose territorial jurisdiction the agent/ attorney for applicant is located.

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