Trademark Registration
Trademark is a unique identity or recognition that makes a particular product unique and stands out from all the other products. Businesses tend to get their logo or name registered. If you have a logo which is unique and creative, you need to protect it from others copying it by patenting it. A registered trademark in the name of a business is the business’s intellectual or intangible asset.
Registered trademarks give you the right to sue someone trying to copy your trademark. A trademark can be registered by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Ministry Of Industry and Commerce, Government of India. It can be registered under The Trademark Act, 1999.
Nobody can use the similar trademark to the one registered by someone else. After the registration is done, an R symbol can also be used along with it and the registration will be valid for 10 years from the date of registration. You can always get it extended by re-registering for another 10 years.
REASONS TO GET A TRADEMARK REGISTERED
Trademark rules says that things like sound, logo, words, phrase, symbols, images or initials or can be registered as a trademark. Provided all these are used to make your business stand out from the rest. There are a number of legal reasons to get a trademark registered but registering trademarks also helps the business in a lot of ways such as:
1.Builds up trust
2.Legal Protection
3.Intangible Asset
4.Global Filing
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
1.ID Proof (Driving License, Voter ID card or passport)
2.Brand Name (a soft copy of brand name and logo to be registered)
3.Power of Attorney
4.Board Resolution (in case the Company is applicant)
TRADEMARK CLASSIFICATION AND CLASSES
1. There are many categories with several classes for registering a trademark .
2. There are total 45 classes of trademark; 34 for products and 11 for services.
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