Average Time for Registration of Trademarks Reduced by more than half.

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....verage Time for Registration of Trademarks Reduced by more than half. <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 21-5-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 21-May-2012 15:24 IST Average Time for Registration of Trademarks Reduced by more than half Trade Mark registration is quasi-judicial process and tends to be time consuming as it involves vario....

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....us steps, inter-alia, examination, publication and disposal of opposition. Sharp increase in the applications filed in the recent years and shortfall in manpower are the other reasons for delay. The branch offices of Trade Marks Registry mainly function as receiving offices for registration of trademarks and at present the examination of all applications received by different branches are centra....

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....lly examined in the Head Office Publication and issue of Registration Certificates is also done centrally from the Head Office at Mumbai. At present, the number of applications pending at various stages of registration is as follows:- (i) 2,38,944 applications pending at examination stage (ii) 2,74,963 applications pending at objection stage after examination (iii) 1,35,874 applications pending....

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.... at the opposition stage after publication in the Trade Mark Journals. Electronic filing of trademark applications was introduced in 2007 but is not mandatory. Since registration process is a quasi-judicial process it is not possible to grant registration to the trademarks through on-line process. Registration of trademarks is a quasi-judicial process and no time limit can be specified for regis....

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....tration. However, average time for registration of a mark with no opposition has been reduced from 26 months to 12 months. This information was given by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. DS/GK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....