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Weekly Trademark Statistics - 11th August to 18th August, 2021

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – 11th August to 18th August, 2021

This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 18th August, 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Trademark Statistics A decrease of 43 percent in the total number of trademark registrations granted by the Trademark Office this week. A total of 2624 registrations were granted. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of…

August 18, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 903Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Statistics - 4th August to 11th August, 2021

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – 4th August to 11th August, 2021

This weekly Trademark Registry data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Registry as updated till 11th August, 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Trademark Statistics A decrease of 47.82 percent in the total number of trademark registrations granted by the Trademark Office this week. A total of 4604 registrations were granted. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of…

August 12, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 997Views 0Like

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This image depicts the 'Trademark' and 'Registered' symbols. This post is a part of a series on what marks are permissible as trademarks. Click on the image to read the full post.

Part II: Descriptive Marks – Can They be Protected?

This post was published on September 08, 2014. In the second post of this blog series, we shall be analyzing the US approach towards descriptive marks. In the US, a mark is merely descriptive if it “consists merely of words descriptive of the qualities, ingredients or characteristics of the goods or services related to the mark”, being enough if it describes one characteristic of said goods or services. Like in India, a mark which is merely descriptive or deceptively…

August 5, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1015Views 0Like

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What NOT to DO While Applying for a Trademark

This post was first published on 22nd June, 2012. 1. Have a business? Applying for a trademark is a sheer waste of time. You must already be busy with routine chores of the business. Thinking of adopting a mark and going through the entire process of getting it registered is just tiresome and unnecessary. Business will boom if it has to. 2. If you are thinking of a name for your mark, trying to adopt a descriptive name as your trademark will…

July 22, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 430Views 0Like

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Trademark Rules 2017

The Trademark Rules, 2017 have come into force from today, 6th March, 2017. The new Rules published by the Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy(DIPP) today afternoon would replace the Trademark Rules, 2002. The amended Rules aim at simplifying the registration procedure, with fewer forms and improved online filing process. A few key highlights of the Trademark Rules, 2017 are listed below: Official Fees: The new Rules have substantially hiked the trademark registration costs in India. The revised costs…

March 6, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 766Views 0Like

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The image depicts a lock with the letters TM by its side. The post talks about protecting trademarks. Click on the image to read the full post.

Are Applicants Allowed to Later Refute Their Own Submissions at TM Prosecution?

A recent decision from the Delhi High Court (HC) pertaining to the publisher of a weekly magazine, India Today, filing an application for an interim injunction at the Delhi HC so as to restrain Alpha Dealcom from launching a news channel with the name 'Nation Today', stresses the importance of submissions in response to an Examination Report made before the Trademarks Registry. The publisher of India Today argued that the use of the word ‘Today’ infringed its Trademark. The Delhi HC held that,…