A trademark is a form of intellectual property comprising an identifiable sign, design or expression that helps recognize the products or services of a specific company. However, a trademark used to identify service is termed a service mark. A trademark helps differentiate your product from competitors, which act as a company’s protective shield because organizations usually register their logos/brand.
Here, let’s have a look at its other benefits for a better understanding of importance of trademark registration -
Trademark registration provides exclusive rights to the registered trademark owner as it prevents other companies from copying your logo, slogan, or brand name.
A registered trademark builds trust among the customers in the market. That assists in enduring customer loyalty and makes them choose the same brand by ensuring quality and reliability.
A registered trademark helps to create intangible assets that are the business’s intellectual property, which can be sold, assigned, franchised, or commercially contracted.
Provide a global reach, since a trademark registered in India can be trademarked in other countries. Therefore, building trust and reliability worldwide.
Some of the best examples of logos are -
Can give some example and show logs of the same on the screen
With that, let’s have a look at, what are the documents comes in handy in trademark registration -
First, information regarding business type and objective needs to be provided.
Second, details of registration address.
Third, the word, logo, or slogan which needs to be trademarked.
Trademark owner’s identity proof.
Brand logo in black and white format.
Logo submission is not required if a tagline is being trademarked.
An affidavit is required to submit, in case of renewal of trademark.
With the availability of mentioned documents, you can seamlessly complete the registration. Here are the steps which you need to follow -
The first step to commence the trademark registration process is trademark search. This will allow an applicant to choose an appropriate trademark for a business that has not been registered previously.
Then an application for trademark registration will be prepared by the Trademark registration attorney. Finally, the applicant is required to sign Form 48 and TM-1 for approval.
As the application for registration will be filled, it could either be done manually or online.
The application will be submitted along with the required documents, the registrar will examine whether a brand has complied with the specific terms or not.
After clearing the examination, the brand name will be published in Indian Trade Mark Journals if there is no objection to the chosen name within 90 days or 120 days (from publication date). Then, your trademark will be approved.
#jrcompliance #trademark #trademarkregistrationprocess
Now Register Trademark in Azerbaijan in a few quick steps.
We help you register trademark in Azerbaijan with more ease.
Come to us to know everything about company registration and business law.
Our experienced and highly qualified business lawyers guide you the best on all your business issues.
