Perfect time to make post-registration changes in your trademark

Normally, post-registration changes such as assignments, corrections, amendments, etc. happen at snail's pace for several reasons.  To tackle that, our CGPDTM has announced a special drive to dispose post-registration changes. The CGPDTM once again initiates a special drive for disposal of requests for recordal of post registration changes in the registered Trademarks.  This special drive will be conducted during the months of December 2013 and January 2014. Post-registration changes may include change in address, adding or removing proprietors, etc. The notification available on IPIndia Website reads, "All the requests for recordal of post registration changes made on forms TM-17, 19,20,23, 24, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 42, 43 or 50 shall be taken up for disposal by the appropriate offices, in order...

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TM registry to hike costs for trademark registration

After the recent hike in patent fees, on August 1, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry through the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has published a draft of the amendments to the Trademark Rules 2002. Please see the gazette notification here This draft notifies essentially two things as given below: Fee for trademark application-------------------Existing Fee 3500 INR---------------Proposed Fee 4000 INR Fee for expedited trademark examination----Existing Fee 17500 INR--------------Proposed  Fee 20,000 INR Although the expedited examination is supposed to place your application before the examiner anywhere between 7 days to 3 months, this has not been effective as it should due to shortage of staff in TM registry. We hope these conditions will also improve.

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