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How to do a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) trademark pre-clearance search in India
India does not have a first-to-file system unlike China and a prior user of a trademark is in an advantageous position and gets rights over a trademark. Therefore, it is imperative that due diligence measures are taken before choosing a trademark. A trademark clearance search entails ascertaining trademark-ability, similarity and/or conflicts with pending or registered…
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…