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Pathak Associates

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आवेदन से पहले नाम उपलब्ध है या नहीं, इसकी विस्तृत जाँच।

A trade mark search establishes whether a mark is available before any money is spent filing it, by checking the Trade Marks Registry for identical and deceptively similar marks in the relevant classes, the MCA register for company names, and the market for unregistered use that could still support a passing-off claim. It is the cheapest step in the whole process and the one most often skipped — and skipping it is how a business spends a year and a fee to be told the mark was never available.

प्रक्रिया

हम वास्तव में क्या करते हैं

  1. 1

    We search the Registry for identical and similar marks

    Not just exact matches. The test at examination is deceptive similarity — phonetic, visual and conceptual — so the search covers variants, near-homophones and translations, in the classes that matter and the ones adjacent to them.

  2. 2

    We check the company and LLP registers

    A company already trading under a similar name may have common-law rights strong enough to oppose, even with no registration. The MCA register is where those show up.

  3. 3

    We look for unregistered use in the market

    Passing-off rights arise from use, not registration. A business using the mark without registering it can still oppose yours, and finding that before filing is considerably cheaper than finding it at advertisement.

  4. 4

    We give you a plain assessment, not a list

    The output is a view: file as is, file with a modification, or choose something else — with the specific prior marks that drive the answer. A search report that lists sixty marks and draws no conclusion has not done the job.

  5. 5

    We suggest workable alternatives where it is not available

    Where the mark is blocked, the useful output is what would clear — a distinctive prefix, a different class strategy, or a device element that carries the distinctiveness the word cannot.

यह किसके लिए है

  • Anyone about to file a trade mark application
  • Businesses choosing a name before incorporating or buying a domain
  • Businesses entering a new product category that needs a new class
  • Anyone who has received a cease-and-desist and needs to know how strong the other side actually is
  • Investors or acquirers checking what a target's brand rights really amount to

कितना समय लगता है

One to three working days for a search and a written assessment across the relevant classes.

यदि आप कुछ न करें

You file blind. The realistic outcomes are an examination objection under section 11 citing a mark you could have found in an afternoon, or an opposition four months after advertisement from a proprietor who has been watching the Journal. Both cost the fee, the time and, if the branding has already gone to print, a great deal more.

कानूनी आँकड़े

तारीखें, सीमाएँ और धाराएँ

प्रत्येक आँकड़े के साथ उसका स्रोत दिया गया है।
मदमानस्रोत
Public searchThe Registry's search facility is publicly available at no costTrade Marks Registry, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Absolute grounds for refusalDescriptive, non-distinctive, generic or deceptive marksSection 9, Trade Marks Act 1999
Relative grounds for refusalIdentity or similarity with an earlier mark for similar goods or servicesSection 11, Trade Marks Act 1999
Rights from use alonePassing off is preserved regardless of registrationSection 27(2), Trade Marks Act 1999

जो अक्सर ग़लत होता है

  • Searching only for the exact word, when the test at examination is deceptive similarity
  • Searching only the class you sell in, and missing a blocking mark in an adjacent one
  • Ignoring unregistered use, which can support an opposition without any registration at all
  • Treating a clear search as a guarantee — it materially improves the odds, it does not remove the risk
  • Ordering a search after the branding, packaging and signage have already been paid for

जुर्माना

  • No penalty — a search is voluntary. The cost of skipping it is the filing fee and a year of pendency
  • Adopting a mark that infringes an existing registration exposes you to an injunction and damages
  • Rebranding after the fact costs far more than the search would have, in packaging, signage and goodwill

ये वैधानिक राशियाँ हैं, हमारा शुल्क नहीं। हमारा शुल्क आपकी स्थिति पर निर्भर करता है और कोटेशन में दिया जाता है।

ख़ुद करना चाहें तो

पूरी प्रक्रिया चरण-दर-चरण लिखी हुई है — कुछ छिपाया नहीं गया।

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