Trademark Opposition New Rule and Old Rule comparison

Trademark Opposition New Rule and Old Rule comparison

Trademark Rules 2017 has new changes when compared to earlier Trademark Rules 2002. Particularly, with regard to the opposition, opposition counter, and affidavit evidence.

The following table clarifies the replaceable Rule numbers under the new rule 2017.

Trademark Act/Rules Act 1999 Old Rule 2002 New rule 2017
Notice of Opposition 47 42
Requirements of Notice of Opposition 48 43
Counterstatement 49 44
Evidence in Support of Opposition 50 45
Evidence in Support of Application 51 46
Evidence in Reply by Opponent 52 47
Further Evidence 53 48
Exhibits 54 45, 46, 47

Trademarks, Reply awaited against the office objection where Examination report dispatched by 31/07/2017 S -Z

9 18-OCT-1 S
8-Aug-16 S
27-Jun-17 S
23-Sep-16 S
6-Sep-16 S
22-Jun-17 S
8-Jun-16 S
3-Feb-17 S
17-Mar-17 S
14-Jul-14 S
20-Jun-17 S
30-Nov-16 S
27-Jun-17 S
28-Nov-16 S
7-Feb-17 S
27-Jun-17 S
28-Feb-17 S
1-Mar-17 S
18-Oct-16 S – Boys
29-Jun-17 S & E
29-Jul-17 S & M
28-Jun-17 S & M
12-Jan-16 S & M Endeavors Inc.
12-Jan-16 S & M Endeavors Inc.
1-Mar-17 S & S
29-Sep-16 S & S COACHING
13-Jul-16 S & S SYSTEMS
27-Jun-17 S & T
3 29-JUL-1 S (DEVICE)
4 29-JUL-1 S (DEVICE)
27-Jul-17 S (DEVICE)
13-Jan-16 S (DEVICE)
6-Apr-15 S (DEVICE)…

Trademarks, Reply awaited against the office objection where Examination report dispatched by 31/07/2017 B – F

Trademarks, Reply awaited against the office objection where Examination report dispatched by 31/07/2017
22-Jun-17 B
16-Mar-17 B
18-Oct-16 B
7-Nov-16 B
18-Oct-16 B
28-Jun-17 B
28-Jul-17 B
28-Jul-17 B
21-Jul-17 B
24-Jun-17 B – 2 BASE BRAND
21-Jun-17 B & B BUTTONS & BOWS
29-Jun-16 B & B CONVENT
28-Jul-17 B & B GROWING
28-Jul-17 B & B GROWING
28-Jul-17 B & B GROWING (LABEL)
27-Jun-17 B & B POWERTEK
27-Jul-17 B & B THE GRILL HOUSE
29-Jul-17 B & GTRADE
28-Jan-16 B (DEVICE)
21-May-15 B (DEVICE)
27-Jul-17 B 20
10-Sep-16 B BARONO (device)
18-Oct-16 B BARREL
17-Oct-16 B BEBO …

Trademarks, Reply awaited against the office objection where Examination report dispatched by 31/07/2017

Reply awaited againnt the office objection where Examination report dispatched by 31/07/2017

7-Nov-16 ” ACCOUNTS IS NOTHING BUT ONLY LOGIC, CONCEPT, ANALYSIS & REVISION”
0 27-JUL-1 ” AMRIT KALASH”
15-Jun-17 ” L.R. LILLY RESORT ”
5 27-JUL-1 ” RUPALI-KADAM KADAM HAMSAFAR”
1 27-JUL-1 ” Shaktiman Sona”
1 27-JUL-1 ” SUPER STAR GOLD”
2-Jul-16 ” THE PATIALA KKITCHEN ”
4-Mar-17 “00”
29-Jul-17 “2 VITA”
29-Jun-16 “2gether”
2-Jul-16 “905 BASMATI RICE”
23-Jun-17 “A HEALTHY START”
4 11-OCT-1 “AAROGYA”
10-Sep-16 “AG”
15-Jun-17 “Aggarwals Shah ji Hardware”
4-Jun-16 “Akash” BOAM BOAM
5 28-JAN-1 “AKHIL BHARATIYA VAISH SAMAJ”
27-Jul-17 “ALASKA”
6-Jun-16 “ALMIGHTY”
27-Feb-17 “ALTUSH”
1-Jul-16 …

TM Objected examination reply fees

TM Objected examination reply fees
Trademark Office,  Examiners generate the examination/Objection report for 2 important reasons.

1) If the trademark application, it seems to be violating Section 9,  Absolute Ground for Refusal or

2) If there are conflicting marks reported which may violate Section 11 of the Act.

3) Additionally, The Examiner may also place  Objections/Requirements/Conditions/Restrictions, and Associated Trademark Conditions.

Generally, though the examination report is generated by the Trademark Office, Prosecution team places the examination report online immediately, but they normally despatch the report to the Attorney and the Applicant by post, without any fixed time limit.  However, the …

Trademark Search Tool, Pre-Action is better than Pre-Caution. TMSearcher.in

Trademark Search Tool, Pre-Action is better than a precaution.

TMSearcher.in

Most trademark databases are having a captcha code that makes it difficult to do a quick search of a trademark.  The owner, the trademark agent, and trademark attorney quite often have to make a quick search over the mark in dispute, or while designing a mark, to make a comparison report with existing trademark is a tedious problem.

This web tool has been developed to solve such problem. May be you are planning to design your trademark, or evaluating a name, or want to know the status of an existing …

GST on Branded items

GST on Branded items

Summary: Any packed goods, which are having a name or label printed on the packing and such name if having status as registered then the 5% GST attracts.

Traders who are having registered trademark are more worried about the 5% GST announcement on food products. Most of them even thinking of removing their registered trademarks from the Trademark Registry by making a withdrawal of the Registered Trademark.

My suggestion to the Registered Trademark owners would be, you may hold on to the registered trademark and make it a practice to pay 5% GST. Because, when …

An important reason to file a Trademark, infringement by partner

Trademark is a statutory right. It is a well-known fact that it is called as an intellectual property right, often called as an intangible asset. Means an asset which has no valuation, but it has potential to be evaluated.

Medium and Large companies know well about the trademarks and they must be having registered trademarks, they might have renewed at least 1 or 2 times, within last 30 years. But, for small size companies and start-ups allocating time and funds for IP asset creation is still far from the reality.

There are 3 reasons, even well-established companies, who are doing …

Trademark filing, new forms – 2017

List of Forms and respective sub forms… Just for understanding…

TM –A (Application)

Select the type of applicant

TM- M (Miscellaneous)

The Patent, Trademark Facilitators and the meaning of Startup

The Patent and Trademark Facilitators and the meaning of Startup: 

How do the facilitators benefit the Startups and self?

There are two documents which should help to understand the purpose of Trademark, Patent, & Design Patent Facilitators, and How their services would help the Startups.

First Document issued by the  MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion vide notification dated 17th February 2016,  G.S.R. 180(E).- ‘Startup India’, which is an initiative for creating a conducive environment for startups in India. In this aspect,  various Ministries of the Government of India have initiated a number of activities …