Monday, November 11, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024

E-Register Your Trademark in 6 Simple Steps

by Swati Raghuwanshi
E-Register Your Trademark

In the present competitive world it is very important to protect your brand’s identity. It’s not easy to secure your brand so that other competitors or rivals cannot interfere with the same. Also in the success of your business a lot of hard work has been put in and after which if somebody else tries to take that hard work, I hope the feeling is the worst. In order to make your brand safe and secure against any infringement you must e-register your trademark. It will stop others from using your brand name without your permission. In order to understand the process to do e-registration of your trademark follow the write up till its last line. 

What do you Mean by Trademark? 

You can tell which local businesses are connected to particular marks, symbols, signs, or emblems by looking at them. They support the identification of the particular businesses. These signs, symbols, marks, or logos are trademarks. To protect them, a trademark registration is necessary. Once you e-register your trademark, these marks, symbols, signs, or logos, no third party may use them against your consent. 

The business sector is fairly broad, and new businesses offering different types of goods/products and services are occasionally launched. It is quite difficult to get trademark registration under these circumstances without dividing these products and services. Trademarks have therefore been classified into 45 classes according to the various goods and services in order to facilitate trademark registration and administration.

Why Should you E-register your Trademark? 

There are various reasons due to which it has been suggested by the experts to do e-registration of your trademark. Some of the key reasons includes the following: 

  • By doing e-registration you can file your application simply through the click of the computer 
  • It will save your time 
  • It will save your energy
  • It will take less effort then physical registration 
  • You do not need to vendor from one place to another 
  • You cannot go to windows of the government departments 
  • It can be done easily in less time and money 
  • It can be done while sitting at your comfort place 
  • After filing application for the e-registration you can check the status online 
  • Payment can be done online 
  • Don’t need to offer any extra amount for your work other than the required government fees 

Process to E-register your Trademark in 6 Simple Steps 

In order to do e-registration of your trademark in India follow the six simple steps discussed below:

Step-1: Choose a Trademark and Identify the Class 

Choosing a good trademark is not a child’s play. It takes lots of effort and smartwork to select a good trademark which is not already taken by somebody. Sometimes it’s good to take expert advice while choosing a trademark. This has been suggested because as a payment you are not aware about the trademark search and all, hence an expert can help you with the same. 

Also after choosing a good name for your beans it is also necessary to find out under which category your business trademark will fall. There are a total forty five trademark classes for different products and services, out of which you have to figure out in which class your trademark will fall. Here as well an expert can help you. 

Step-2:Trademark Search 

Trademark search helps you choose a trademark which is not similar to any of the already existing trademarks. This will decrease the chances of objection which will ultimately increase the chances of registration of your trademark without facing any problem. Once the trademark is objected it will become very difficult to get the registration. Hence before e-register your trademark, do proper trademark search. 

Step-3: Prepare and File the Application 

In order to e-register your trademark, prepare a proper application and attach all the required documents with the same. Once the application is prepared, check it twice so that there will be no chance of mistake. Once everything is done and attached with the application submit it before the registrar of the trademark with the required Fees. 

Step-4: Trademark Examination 

Once everything discussed in the above three steps is done now your application will be verified or scrutinized by the trademark registry. They will check everything carefully which will take some time, for which you have to wait. If everything is fine they will publish your application in the trademark registry but if anything is missing they will raise the query. Within the limited time you have to revert back on that query. 

Step-5: Trademark Publication and Objection 

Once the trademark application is published in the trademark journal it will come under the public domain. The purpose of publishing a trademark is that if anybody finds the trademark objectionable they can do so. The application will remain in the public domain for a limited period of time, in which one can file the objections after the expiry of the publication period one cannot file the objection. 

Step-6: Trademark Registration

Afett the above step is completed and it was found that there was no objection filled or the objections which were filed are resolved then in that case trademark registration will give you registration on your trademark and a trademark registration certificate will be issued. In this way you can e-register your trademark by following 6 simple steps

Conclusion 

Above mentioned six steps will help you out to e-register your trademark easily in India. In case you think that still you are missing something or not getting something feel free to contact us for our expert advice. Trademark registration is one of the crucial steps of establishing a business. Business can be of any kind which is useful or helpful or ebay business is trademark registration. Both the options of e-registration as well as physical registration of the trademark are available. It’s up to you which one you want to opt for, but we always suggest to e-register your trademark.

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