Secure Your Brand with Our Trademark Services

Our Trademark & IPR Services

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• Trademark Registration
• Register Your Brand Internationally
• Trademark Renewal
• Trademark Assignment
• Trademark Hearing
• Trademark Opposition
• Trademark Rectification
• Trademark Withdrawal
• Trademark Watch Services
• Copyright Registration
• Patent Registration
• Logo Design Services
• Frequently Asked Questions

What Is the Difference Between Trademark, Copyright and Patent?

• A trademark is a word, logo, design, and combination of colours & shapes etc. That denotes the originality of a brand and also differentiate it from its competitors.
• Copyright is an intellectual property that provides rights to a creator over his original literary and artistic works.
• A patent provides the patent owner the right to commercialise the invention

Trademark Registration

Protect your brand, logo & unique business name from duplicacy by applying trademark application. Have a unique identity for your business.

Give shape to your business idea. Our professionals can help you in online Trademark registration. Just provide the documents.

What Is Trademark?

A trademark can be a phrase, logo, design, and combination of colours or shapes etc, and that denotes the uniqueness of a brand or the product and differentiate from competitors. It is globally acknowledged trademark is the most valuable asset of a business. With a unique trademark, customers can easily identify your products or services among various competitors’ products.

How to Apply Trademark Registration?

Trademark can be applied with the assistance of our highly experienced professionals while you sit back and relax.

You not just get a trademark application services but our expert continuously track your trademark applied and update you time to time, can facilitate a detailed feasibility report on your trademark before applying by carrying thorough public trademark search and can also help you design a unique business logo.

Key Points of Trademark Registration

• Definition:- A trademark can be a logo, design, shape, combination of colors, combination of different shapes, goods, etc and its uniqueness differently shown in its design.
• Trademark Classes:- 45 classes defined based on business activity and trademark can be registered in multiple classes as per the requirement of the business organization.
• Valuable Assets: Like company’s other tangible assets trademark is very worthful for a company to protect its goods, services from infringement.
• Low cost of registration:- As the comparison to its driven benefits cost of trademark registration is very low.
• Legal Brand Protection:- Trademark registration under trademark law, protect the brand from infringement and misuse from the third party.
• Geographical Coverage:- Trademark registration provides you nation-wide protection from your competitors.

Why Should I Register My Business Trademark?

It is universally accepted that unique brand logo is the most valuable asset of any business since customers can swiftly recognize your product or services among competitor’s products serving in a similar domain. It is become very important to protect your brand logo from misuse or duplication by others. It is only possible by applying a trademark of your unique brand logo. So it is worth full to trademark your brand logo before anybody claims the ownership of your brand & enjoy any undue advantage.

What Is Trademark Class?

Trademark classes divided into 45 parts. It describe in broad terms the nature of the goods or services contained in each of the 34 classes of goods and 11 classes of services. So anybody can navigate intuitively through the classes and apply trademark registration based on their business activity. Trademark classes are recognised as the international standard classification for Goods and Services.

Can I Register My Same Trademark for Different Kind of Business?

There are 45 different classes based on the type of business activity under which you can get trademark registration. You can apply trademark registration under multiple classes at a same time based upon nature of your business activity.

Trademark Registration Process

These steps follow the common steps listed under How It Works.

1. We will preliminary check the uniqueness of trademark design, logo, shape.

2. Prepare trademark application & obtain applicant signature on relevant documents.

3. Submit trademark registration application before the IPR department.

4. Provide acknowledgment & do continuous status tracking of the trademark.

Documents Required for Trademark Registration

• Brand Logo:- A Logo required in jpeg or png format which you want to protect through trademark registration.
• Nature of Business:- You have to provide brief description of business activity you’re carrying out under the brand logo which you want to protect with trademark registration. It is required to identify a correct class of trademark.
• Identity Proof of applicant:- Anyone Identity proof document of trademark applicant required such as Aadhar, passport, driving license.
• Address Of Applicant:- Complete Address of the applicant of the Trademark is required to be furnished for Trademark Application.

Trademark Registration: Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Renewal

Renew your Trademark for further 10 years and enjoy the benefits.

Advantages

What Is Trademark Renewal?

On registration of a trademark, you are permitted to use the ® symbol with trademark and this registration is valid for a period of 10 years. During registration, in case of infringement of a trademark, a lawsuit can be filed to prevent misuse of the mark.

When the Trademark should be renewed?

Trademark renewal has to be filed before expiry of the mark. The trademark renewal application form must be prepared and filed before a deadline to enjoy the seamless protection of the trademark without any chances of litigation. Once renewed, it has lifetime validity.

It is important for you to ensure that you apply for renewal of trademarks beforehand i.e. before the expiry of 10 years. There’s a practice of Trademark Ministry to send a notice to the registered office regarding the expiry. However, you would not wish to do so. If you have not filed before renewal due date, a registrar may advertise its intention to remove the trademark in a journal. In case you have not applied for renewal before expiry, you may do so later on by paying fine. This process is called restoration. However, it may be subject to litigation.

Process of Trademark Renewal

These steps follow the first two common steps listed under How It Works.

1. We professionally draft and share the deed for your confirmation.

2. Discussion over the telephone with legal expert.

3. Our team will verify documents and create draft of TM renewal application.

4. After all your TM is renewed is successful.

Trademark Renewal: Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Hearing

Clear all your doubts with our expert professionals regarding Trademark Hearing.

About Trademark Hearing

When Is Trademark Hearing Scheduled?

When trademark objection reply is submitted online within 30 days from the date of the trademark examination report issued, the Trademark officer reviews the reply and all the clarifications made. If the reply is accepted by the registrar, the trademark will be registered.

Else, the trademark status will be shown as “Ready for show cause hearing”. Trademark hearing notice will be issued in the next few months. It mentions the Trademark hearing date and time of the hearing.

Our Process

These steps follow the common steps listed under How It Works.

1. Our professional will prepare & draft the reply required for the trademark objection

2. Submit the reply of trademark objection to the examiner online

3. Provide examination report reply acknowledgment via email

Documents Required for Trademark Hearing

• Authorization letter
• Sufficient proof for claim
• Usage Affidavit
• Form TM-16 (if needed)

Trademark Hearing: Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Rectification

Made any error while filing your Trademark? Make correction or rectification in your trademark

What Is Trademark Rectification?

Rectification is the legal procedure to correct or rectify an error or an omission that has been made in the details of a trademark recorded in the trademark register, after the trademark registration process. Such Trademark may have been wrongly registered or may have remained on the register even after its expiry. In such cases, the Indian Trademark Act provides for file rectification of the registered trademarks.

Any person aggrieved by the trademark can apply for rectification or cancellation of the trademark.

When Can a Trademark Be Rectified?

While applying for the trademark or post its registration, if the applicant of the trademark realizes that there have been minor errors or if some alterations are required then the applicant can file for rectification with the Registrar of trademarks.

Forms to Be Filed

• Rectification or cancellation initiated by the proprietor of the trademark – Apply in the form “TM-16” along with prescribed fees.
• Rectification or cancellation initiated by the registrar – Form “TM-M” along with prescribed fees.
• Rectification or cancellation initiated by any aggrieved person – Form “TM-26” along with prescribed fees.

Grounds for Filing an Application for Trademark Rectification or Cancellation

• The registration was made without sufficient cause or registration was obtained by misrepresentation of facts, similar to an earlier mark registered.
• That the mark was wrongly recorded in the register in case it is against some legal provisions of the Act or likely to cause confusion.
• Making any changes, amendments, or modification in connection with any registered trademark as per the recent advancement.
• Non-use of any registered trademark for more than five years by the registered proprietor.
• Non-renewal of the original or previous registration of the trademark.
• A trademark could be expunged from the register in case registration is obtained by fraud. Particularly, where the registration has been obtained by suppression of material fact or false statements it is known as registration obtained by fraud.
• Inclusion or addition of certain more class or goods or services, in case it is against the business extent of the registered trademark.
• Non-conformity with one or more grounds stipulated in Section 9 and Section 11 of the Indian Trade Marks Act of 1999.

Documents Required for Trademark Rectification

• An application is to be made in triplicate on the requisite form
• A statement of case
• Identity proof
• Address proof

Trademark Rectification Process

These steps follow the common steps listed under How It Works.

1. Our professional will draft the application.

2. Our team will fill the form after verifying all documents.

3. At last now your rectification is approved.

Trademark Rectification: Frequently Asked Questions

Trademark Watch Services

Want to get relaxed after you applied for trademark? Subscribe to our Trademark Watch Services and leave the rest on us.

What Is Trademark Watch Services?

Trademark Watch Services are services that provide you with the complete watch services which are required to protect your brand. Trademark registration is a long process which has to pass through various steps And It is important to keep the track of the Trademark registration application in the following two circumstances i.e During the Pendency of the Application and After registration.

Why Trademark Watch Services Are Important?

It is important to keep the track of the Trademark registration application in the following two circumstances:

1. During the Pendency of the Application
2. After registration

LegaCorp Trademark watch provides the services of keeping a close watch at the each stage of the Trademark registration process and do the needful as and when needed to prevent the client from missing out on any important stage which can affect the registration of the trademark.

Key Points

If you acquire LegaCorp Trademark Watch Services, it would be our duty to inform you and notify you the status of your trademark registration application for e.g. If the trademark applicant has been issued an adverse examination report by the trademark examiner, the trademark applicant will have to appear before the Trademark Officer and will have to address the Trademark objections raised. Here, the LegaCorp Trademark Watch Service will notify you if there is any objection and will also arrange a representative to appear before the Trademark officer at an additional cost.

Benefits of Trademark Watch Service

• By subscribing to the trademark services, we ensure that you get notified with the important stage of your Trademark Registration Application.
• In case of objection or opposition, we make sure to make you prepare with the reply and justifications.
• Facility of representative to appear before the trademark officer would be given.
• In case of the third party objection, you will be notified.
• You will not miss out on the important hearing dates etc as we will keep track of the same and keep you updated with the same.
• We would keep track of all relevant trademark registers to identify applications for identical and similar trademarks.
• Process of monitoring the trademark and looking out for all the similar marks that are registered would be available.

Process for Trademark Watch Service

These steps follow the common steps listed under How It Works.

1. Our professional will reach you and take necessary details about your registered trademark.

2. Our team will verify all documents and provide supportive documents if needed.

3. Now your Process is complete.

Trademark Watch Services: Frequently Asked Questions

Patent Registration

Wish to have an exclusive right over an invention? Apply for patent before someone else does.

What Is Patent Application?

Patent registration can be obtained in India for an invention. A patent is a right granted to an individual or enterprise by the government that disallows others from making, using, selling, or importing the patented product or process without the patent holder’s approval or consent. The primary step an inventor takes to safeguard their innovation from being exploited is to file a patent. Patent application in India is a time-consuming procedure, with LegaCorp you can have your registration complete in a hassle free way.

Types of Patent Application in India

• Provisional Application - A provisional application, also known as a temporary application, is filed when an invention is still in the works and has not yet been finished. Any other relevant inventions will not be recognised as prior art to the inventor's application if a patent is filed early. When an invention requires more time to develop, this form of patent application is filed.
• Ordinary or Non-Provisional Application - An ordinary or non-provisional application application does not have any priority to claim or if the application is not filed in pursuance of any preceding convention application. A complete specification can be submitted via:
  • Direct Filing - Wherein complete specification is initially filed with the Indian Patent Office without filing any corresponding provisional specification.
  • Subsequent Filing - Wherein complete specification is filed after the filing of the corresponding provisional specification and claiming priority from the filed provisional specification.
• Convention Application - The convention application is filed for claiming a priority date based on the same or similar application filed in any of the convention countries. To avail a status of the convention, an applicant must apply to the Indian Patent Office within a year from the date of the initial filing of a similar application in the convention country. To re-iterate in simpler terms, a convention application entitles the applicant to claim priority in all the convention countries.
• PCT International Application - PCT international application does not result in an international patent grant, it open the way for a shortened patent application process in multiple nations at once. It is governed by the Patent Corporation Treaty, which can be validated in up to 142 nations. By filing this application, an innovation will be protected from being copied in these nations.
• PCT National Application - If the applicant discovers an innovation, or a modest modification of an invention, that has already been applied for or patented by the applicant, he must file this application. If the invention does not need a significant inventive step, a PCT National application can be filed.
• Divisional Application - If an application claims more than one invention, the applicant may choose to partition it and submit two or more applications. These applications have a priority date that is comparable to the parent application.

What Can Be Patented

According to the Patent Act, an invention must be a new product or technique that incorporates an inventive step and can be used in the industry in order to be patentable. An invention must be technical and meet the following requirements in order to be patentable.

• Novelty - The matter disclosed in the specification is not published in India or elsewhere before filing the patent application in India.
• Inventive Step - The invention is not apparent to a person skilled in the art in light of the prior publication/ knowledge/ document.
• Industrial Applicability - Invention should possess utility so that it can be made or used in the industry.

Eligibility for Patent Registration

A patent registration application for an invention can be made by any of the following people either alone or jointly with any other person:

• The true and first inventor.
• True and first inventor’s assignee.
• The representative of the deceased true and first inventor his / her assignee.

According to the Patent Act, a "person " is any natural person, company, or association or body of individuals or government body, whether incorporated or not. In the case of a proprietorship firm, the application should be made in the proprietors' name. In partnership firms, the names of all personally responsible partners must be included in the patent application. An assignee can also be a natural person or other than a legal person such as a registered company, an LLP, Section 8 Company, an educational institute, or government.

The applicant is required to disclose the name, address, and nationality of the true and first inventor.

Documents Required for Patent Registration

• Patent application in Form-1.
• Proof of right to file application from the inventor. The proof of right can either be an endorsement at the end of the application or a separate agreement attached with the patent application.
• Provisional specifications, if complete specifications are not available.
• Complete specification in Form-2 within 12 months of filing of provisional specification.
• Statement and undertaking under Section 8 in Form- 3, if applicable. Form 3 can be filed along with the application or within 6 months from the date of application.
• Declaration as to inventorship in Form 5 for applications with complete specification or a convention application or a PCT application designating India. Form-5 or Declaration as to inventorship can be filed within one month from the date of filing of application, if a request is made to the Controller in Form-4.
• Power of authority in Form-26, if patent application is being filed by a Patent Agent. In case a general power of authority, then a self attested copy of the same can be filed by the Patent Agent or Patent Attorney.
• Priority document must be filed in the following cases: Convention Application (under Paris Convention). PCT National Phase Application wherein requirements of Rule 17.1(a or b) of has not been fulfilled.

Note: Priority document must be filed along with the application or before the expiry of eighteen months from the date of priority, to enable early publication of the application. If the Application pertains to a biological material obtained from India, the applicant is required to submit the permission from the National Biodiversity Authority any time before the grant of the patent.

However, it is sufficient if the permission from the National Biodiversity Authority is submitted before the grant of the patent. The Application form should also indicate clearly the source of geographical origin of any biological material used in the specification. All patent applications must bear the signature of the applicant or authorized person or Patent Attorney along with name and date. Provisional or complete specification must be signed by the agent/applicant with date on the last page of the specification. The drawing sheets attached should also contain the signature of an applicant or his agent in the right hand bottom corner.

Process of Patent Application with LegaCorp

• Patent Search - You must verify that your invention idea is unique in order to file a successful patent application. A patent search will confirm this, and the client will be able to avoid time-consuming procedures.
• Patent Application Filing - Patent Filing is considered to be the most crucial aspect. The whole process specification is a specialised task that requires expert guidance to complete successfully. It is wise to get professional assistance while drafting a patent application. It is recommended to file a provisional patent application if the individual is still in the initial stages of research and development.
• Preparing Patentability Report - Patent professionals or agents will conduct comprehensive study and provide a patentability report. As a result, the applicant must include all of the required documentation with the patent application.
• Publication of Patent Application - Within 18 months, the application is published in the patent journal. A request for an early patent filing can be filed along with the required expenses. Every patent application filed in India is kept confidential until it is formally published in the Patent Journal by the Indian Patent Office. The publication of filed patent applications occurs automatically after 18 months from the date of filing, and no request is required.
• Patent Examination - There would be a formal submission of a request for patent examination within 48 months of the patent's first filing. If the applicant fails to file within the specified time, the patent office will treat the application as withdrawn. After that, the examiner performs a thorough investigation and issues the first examination report, known as patent prosecution.
• Patent Objections - Patent applications also receive objections, so it is mandatory to analyze the patent examination report and draft a proper response to the objections.
• Grant of Patent - Once all the patentability requirements are met, the grant patent's notification will be published in the Patent Journal.

Process for Patent Application

These steps follow the common steps listed under How It Works.

1. Our professional team will do preparations of forms.

2. Our Team will verify with scrutiny and submit the documents for patent applications.

3. Your patent is applied in just 07 working days.

Patent Registration: Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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