A trademark journal is a proof which contains details of trademark applications, granted trademarks, trademarks that are awaiting for examination and trademarks that are opposed. Intellectual property office publishes the trademark journals in their official website. This journal gives an outline about the details of trademarks. The proprietor of the trademark may know his/her status of the trademark application with the help of the trademark journal.
Trademark journals of India can be viewed by logging in intellectual property office of India website. The trademark journal helps to hunt for the preferred journal. A list of journal numbers will be published two times every month. Publication date and the date of availability will be mentioned Along with the journal number. Mostly both these dates would be the same.
From the list of journal number, one can select the desired list. The list would contain many other sections related to classes in the specified journal number. After clicking on the class in which you want to search, click control + F and type the keyword for application number/class/address/abstract etc. By doing this it will be possible to see your trademark application.
The Filed trademark application in the intellectual property office can be opposed by filing the Tm Form-5 with a prescribed fee of Rs 2,500/- (Rupees Two Thousand Five hundred).
The trademark journals are also available in other trademark offices such as the United Kingdom trademark office, united States trademark office etc. The website of United Kingdom trademark office is www.ipo.gov.uk. Here the trademark journal can be viewed electronically and can also be obtained in the pdf format. The trademark journal thus helps us to get details about the trademark applications.
Want to find out more about trade marks, then visit Ramaswami Natarajan’s site to make a Company Name Registration in India.
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