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Overview


Your brand name is often the most valuable thing your business builds — and legally, it belongs to whoever registers it first, not whoever used it first in most practical disputes. A registered trademark gives you the exclusive right to use the mark for your goods or services, the ® symbol, and a straightforward legal remedy against copycats. From the day of filing you can use the ™ symbol; registration, once granted, is valid for 10 years and renewable indefinitely.

The process has more traps than the online-portal ads suggest: choosing the wrong class means protection for a business you don't run; skipping the availability search invites objection or opposition; and an examination report unanswered within the deadline abandons the application. We run the search honestly (including telling you when a name is too risky to file), file in the correct classes, and stay with the application through examination, publication and registration.

Who needs this

  • Businesses trading under a brand name, logo or tagline they want to own
  • Startups and D2C brands building name recognition worth protecting
  • Manufacturers whose products are copied or sold under lookalike names
  • Businesses expanding to e-commerce platforms that ask for brand registry proof
  • Anyone who received a trademark objection or opposition notice on a pending application

Documents required

  • Brand name and/or logo in the exact form to be protected (logo in good-quality image)
  • PAN and Aadhaar of the applicant (or incorporation documents for a company/LLP)
  • Description of goods/services sold under the brand — we map this to the correct class(es)
  • Udyam/MSME certificate if available (reduces the government fee for eligible applicants)
  • User affidavit with earliest-use proof, if the brand is already in use

Your case may need one or two documents more or fewer — we confirm the exact checklist before starting.

How it works

  1. Search & risk opinion

    We search the trademark registry for identical and deceptively similar marks in your classes and give you a plain-language opinion: file confidently, file with known risk, or pick a stronger name. Filing a doomed mark wastes your fee — we'd rather tell you now.

  2. Class selection & filing

    Your goods and services are mapped to the correct class(es) under the Nice classification and the TM-A application is filed. You can begin using the ™ symbol immediately.

  3. Examination & publication

    If the examiner raises objections, we draft and file the reply within the deadline (typically one month) and attend a hearing if scheduled. Once accepted, the mark is published in the Trade Marks Journal for the opposition window.

  4. Registration & upkeep

    If no opposition is filed within the window (currently four months from publication) — or once any opposition is resolved — the registration certificate is issued. We diary the 10-year renewal so protection never lapses silently.

What you receive

  • Trademark search report with a written risk opinion
  • Filed TM application with acknowledgement — ™ usable from day one
  • Examination report replies and hearing representation where required
  • Registration certificate on grant, with renewal date tracked in our calendar

Pricing

Fixed fee, quoted in writing before work begins. The fee depends on your business constitution and the complexity of the case, so we quote after a short (free) conversation — never after the work is done.

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Frequently asked questions

A clean application with no objections or oppositions can register in roughly 8–18 months; objections or oppositions extend that. The practical protection starts much earlier — the filing date secures your priority, and ™ can be used immediately while the application is pending.

Goods and services are divided into 45 classes under the Nice classification — clothing, software, restaurants and cosmetics all sit in different classes. Protection applies only in the classes you file. One application can cover multiple classes (fees apply per class), and we recommend covering what you sell now plus your realistic near-term expansion.

No — an examination report is the examiner's preliminary view, most commonly citing similar existing marks or descriptiveness. A well-drafted reply within the deadline resolves a large share of objections; miss the deadline and the application is treated as abandoned. Send us the report as soon as it arrives.

™ signals you claim the mark and can be used once an application is filed (or even on an unregistered mark). ® may only be used after registration is granted — using it before that is an offence. Registration is what gives you the statutory infringement remedy, which is why finishing the process matters.

If your mark is registered, an infringement action is available; if not, a passing-off claim may still be possible but is harder to prove. If their application is pending, an opposition can be filed within the publication window. The right move depends on the timeline — share the details and we'll map your options.