Initiate process to Get Registered Trademark Certificate

A trademark is an organization’s name or emblem. It identifies the products or services that it is connected to. From the Trademarks Registry website’s public database, anyone can download a trademark registration certificates of other companies or trademarks. 

You can take the following actions to obtain an Indian registered trademark certificate.

1. Search for a distinctive trademark: Make sure that its trademark is not previously register a brand by performing a search on the official Trademarks Registrar website.
2. Get your application ready: Collect the relevant data, such as the applicant’s details, the class it belongs in, and your register trademark’s logo or wordmark.
3. Submit your application: You have two options for submitting your application: in person at the Trademarks Registry Office or online via the IP India website.
4. Obtain verification: You will receive an email acknowledging submission along with your application number.
5. Address any criticisms: After reviewing your application, a trademark examiner could object. Any objections must be addressed within a month.
6. Get your certificate by downloading it: After registering your trademark, take the following actions to download your certificate:
   • Visit the Trade Marks Registry’s official website.
   • Select Registered Mark/Trade Mark Application.
   • Pick an IRDI or national number.
   • Click View after entering your captcha code and application number.
   • Select your trademark number by clicking.
   • To view the registration certificate, click.
   • To download a certificate as a PDF, click the download icon.

The prerequisites for downloading an Indian trademark certificate

All trademark registration certificates are generated and issued automatically. Therefore, as long as the following requirements are met, it is possible to generate trademark registration certificates online:

• Journal of Trade Marks publishes trademarks.
• The status of the registered trademark cannot be “Removed” or “Abandoned.”
• The computerized database of the trademarks Registry contains the original application for registration of trademark.
• There is no pending disposition of the trademark amendment request application.
• No outstanding compliances, including fees or Power of Attorney requirements, should exist.

The applicants or authorized agents’ email addresses on file with the trademark office will get the trademark registration certificates.

 

Obtain the Application Number for a Trademark

To download the trademark certificate directly through the Trade Mark Registry website, you must have the trademark application number. Therefore, in order to acquire the trademark certificate online, one must first obtain the trademark application number. The procedures listed below can be used to obtain the application number:

Step 1: Go to the website of IP India.

Step 2: Type the name of the business or register a brand.

Step 3: Click “Search” after entering the class.

Step 4: The details, such as the application’s number and status, will be shown with the corresponding trademark.

Step 5: For downloading the trademark certificate, write down the application number.

 

India’s trademark registration process

1. 1. Search for Trademarks: An inventor or trademark specialist has to search the trademark database for trademarks before starting the brand registration process. Information on identical or similar trademarks that have already been submitted with the trademark registrar can be found through a trademark search. By going to the Trademark Registrar Website, one can perform a trademark search.
   2. Filing a trademark: A request for trademark registration may be submitted to the Trademark Registrar following the completion of a trademark search. The trademark registration application must be submitted in the required format and accompanied by the trademark registration fee. Applications for trademarks may be submitted online or in any one of the 5 Trademark Registrar Offices with state-wide authority. Trademark agents, and attorneys can all file trademark applications online. The following details must be included in a trademark registration application:
      • The trademark or the logo.
      • Owner of the trademark’s name and address.
      • Categorization or trademark group.
      • Trademark in use as of today.
      • The products or services’ description.
   3. Assignment of Trademark Applications: Within up to two working days of the brand registration of trademark application being submitted to the trademark registrar, an application for a trademark allotment number is issued. After that, the Online Trademarks Search tool allows users to follow the trademark application online. Generally, the trademark owner can place the TM symbol next to the logo after receiving the trademark application allotment number.
   4. Vienna Codification: The Vienna Agreement (1973) established the Vienna Classification or as Vienna Codification, an international classification for figurative features of marks. The Vienna Classification is applied to the trademark by the Trademark Registrar based on the figurative aspects of marks once the registered trademark application is filed. The application for trademark status often shows “Sent for Vienna Codification” while this process is ongoing.
   5. Examining trademarks: An application for trademark/ brand registration will be assigned to a Trademark Officer at the Trademark Registration Office upon completion of Vienna Codification. After checking the application for trademarks for accuracy, the Trademark Officer will issue a report on the trademark examination. The trademark officer has the authority to approve or reject a trademark registration application, as well as to permit trademark journal publication. In the event that the Trademark Officer objects to the trademark registration application, the trademark applicant is entitled to appear before the Trademarks Officer and respond to the objections. A trademark would be permitted for trademark publication in a journal if a Trademark Officer is pleased with the applicant’s explanations. The trademark application has the opportunity to challenge the Trademark Officer’s decision to the Intellectual Property Appeals Board if the Trademark Officer doesn’t agree with the justifications.
   6. Publication of the Trademark Journal: The requested trademark will be published within the Trademark Journal following acceptance of the registration of trademark application by the Trademark Registrar. All of the trademarks that the Trademark Registrar has approved are listed in the trademark journal, which is released once a week. If members of the public feel that their rights will be violated by the trademark / brand registration, they have the chance to object to it once it is published within a trademark journal. It usually takes 12 weeks to 12 months for the mark to be register a brand if no objections are submitted within 90 days after that publication. The Trademark Hearing Officer will schedule a hearing if a third party objects to the trademark registration application. During the hearing, both the party requesting the trademark and the party opposing it may present their cases for brand registering or rejection of a trademark application. In order to decide whether to approve or deny the trademark registration application, the Trademark Hearing Officer will consider the evidence submitted at the hearings. One further way to contest the Trademark Hearing Officer’s ruling is to take the matter up with an Intellectual Property Appellate Boards.
   7. Registration of Trademarks: Trademark registration certificate and trademark manuscript will be prepared and provided with trademark application once there are no oppositions or objections to the trademark / brand registration application. Following the issuance of the trademark registration certificate, the owner of the trademark is deemed to have registered a brand it, giving them exclusive use of the mark. You can now place the ® symbol next to the trademark or logo.