Logo, Slogan, name of the company or its products etc can be trademarked. A perfect uniqueness to the product or a company needs trademark and play a vital role. The trademark name is also known as trade name. The distinct name is very essential for trade name when compared to the other names. It should not be similar to the other mark then it cannot be registered.

The proposed trademark shall undergo an official trademark search. The official trademark search can be done in the Indian intellectual property rights website. Registration is essential to search the trademark. It can be done either by on-line or directly in person at the intellectual property Office. Rs 400/- is the fees for the single class search. Once the payment is done, the applicant can receive a user name and a password through which a detailed trademark search can be made. The search time is 15 minutes then it will be logged off automatically. The search report gives detailed available trademark name of given class.

Once the search is over, the user can make sure that he/she can register the name. This can be done by filing form 1 and form 2 (for convention country) with a prescribed fee of Rs 2,500/- (Two Thousand Five Hundred Only). The registration form should be made in triplet and the representation should be made five in number. The registration should contain details such as the name, address, nationality, state and country of the proprietor of the trade name. Incomplete will not be considered by the officials.

The trademark has to go through the process such as issued for examination, opposition or grant. This can be viewed by visiting the above mentioned website, where the status of the trademark can be viewed by entering the application number of the trademark that was registered. The status of the trademark application shall be sent through letter by the patent office.

“R” has been registered by the proprietor. TM is a symbol to denote the mark is a trademark and use of this symbol does not denote that the trademark has been registered as registered marks.

The name trademark registration can be made by the trademark attorney who will follow out the procedure to register a trademark, notification of opposition if any, to prepare trademark responses and other necessary legal information related to trademark or service mark.

The trademark that is registered can make the business of the proprietor as a secured one. The can be people who can rely upon the products whose name is a registered trademark. Even if there are other confusing marks with that of your name, the registration of trademark will make it a point to keep your product away form any infringement cases and thus prevent any loss to your company and to your business.

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