trademark registration online IN WEST BENGAL

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Any person, claiming to be the proprietor of a trademark used or proposed to be used by him, may apply in writing in TM-A Form for trademark registration. The Form TM-A should contain the trademark, the goods/services, name, email address, phone no. and address of applicant and trademark agent (if any) with power of attorney in the form of TM-M, the period of use of the mark. if the proprietor is using the mark before the date of trademark application, then he can priority claim, The application should be in English or Hindi. If the Mark is other than English or Hindi then the transliteration of the mark will be required in English or Hindi. It should be filed at the appropriate Jurisdiction office. The trademark applicant has option to file trademark application offline or can be filed online through the e-filing gateway available at the official website.

1. Pan Card

2. Aadhar card/Voter Id Card.

3. Email id & Mobile No.

4. GST Registration No. or Certificate if available

1. Pan Card of Company

2. Pan card of All director’s/ Designated Partner’s/ Partner’s

3. Aadhar card/Voter Id Card All director’s/ Designated Partner’s/ Partner’s

4. Email id & Mobile No

5. GST Registration No. or Certificate if available

6. Certificate of incorporation

A trademark must be chosen carefully. If you are launching a product and adopting a new trademark, please bear in mind that the scope of legal protection you would obtain depends on the type of trademark chosen. The most common mistake is to choose a word that is descriptive of the goods or services. People do this in the belief that the consumer will know straight away what the product is or the service rendered. The same result can easily be obtained by combining a distinctive and fanciful trademark with a word which indicates the goods or services. E.g. Kodak film Descriptive trademarks are difficult to register and enforce. Although it may be easier to market such products at inception, such trademarks are offered the least amount of protection and therefore, in the long term, it would be difficult to stop your competitors from using the same or similar trademarks. A better strategy would be to adopt a coined word, which has no reference to the goods/services upon which it is used. E.g. Canon Another option is to adopt an arbitrary word, which has no relevance to the goods/services upon which it is used. E.g. Apple computers; Lotus software. The more distinctive a trademark is, the broader will be the available scope of protection.

Application for Renewal of registration of a trademark may be filed within one year before the expiration of the registration of the trademark under FORM TM-R with the prescribed fee. Earlier, the Application for renewal could be filed only six months prior to the expiration of the trademark.

Any trademark, which is identical or deceptively similar to an existing registered trademark or trademark for which application for registration has been made, cannot be registered. Also trademark that would likely cause deception or confusion or is offensive may not be registered. Geographical names, common names, common trade words and common abbreviation can also not be registered as a trademark.

Before adopting a trademark, a trademark search is highly recommended , as this will give an indication of any existing trademarks which have been applied for or registered in the Trademarks Registry.

Yes, Registered Trademark can be removed on application to the Registrar on prescribed form on the ground that the mark is wrongly remaining on the register. The Registrar also can submit issue Notice for removal of a registered trade mark

No, trademark registered in India will be valid only in India. However, some countries use the trademark registration in India as a basis for registering the trademark in their country.