Day: March 7, 2017
Trade Marks Rules, 2017- Dissected, Scrutinized and Simplified
The month of March seems to be jinxed with respect to Trademarks in India! March 2016, we witnessed the infamous “Mass abandonment” of over one lakh trademark applications and a year later in March 2017, the Indian Trade Marks Office again struck back with the enforcement of the much anticipated…
Escalation in the Trademark Fee – Trade Mark Rules, 2017 comes into force
The much-awaited Trade Marks Rules 2017 has finally come into force as of March 6, 2017. Although the new rules aim at simplifying the trademark prosecution as a whole by reducing the number of forms from 75 to 8, incorporating provisions for expedited registration of trademarks and so on, the…
Trademark Rules 2017- The Top Six Changes
The Trade Mark Rule 2017 came into force on March 6, 2017 with several changes to the existing trademark practice. While there are numerous amendments, I’ve listed the top six changes Classification of Applicants The Trademark Rules 2017 has specified the Applicants for the purpose of the Trademark…
Trade Marks Rules, 2017 – What it means for Startups & SME’s
The Controller of Patents, Designs and Trademarks through a public notice dated November 19, 2015 brought to the notice of the public the draft of the Trademarks Amendment Rules, 2015 proposing to amend the Trademark Rules, 2002 and had invited comments from the public and stakeholders within 30…
The Trademark Rules 2017 – The online filing system version 3.0
The Trademark Rules 2017 were finally notified on March 6, 2017 after months of speculation and several mistimed email blasts notifying people of its imminent adoption. The crux of the draft rules hasn’t changed, since its publication in November 2015 with fewer forms, a more digital approach,…
Memoirs of the Indian Trademark Office
I still remember the first time I looked into the Indian Trademark Office website while interning, memorizing the domain name www.ipindia.nic.in, little knowing I would plunge into it and never forget it. The journey of the Indian Trademark Office has been a long and progressive one. The…
