FAQs About Trademark Objection
Q1. Who does object to a trademark in the RoT?
A. The examiner who assesses the trademark registration application can, once he has gone through the application, disapprove it.
Q2. How to check objections in the trademark?
A. The applicant can conduct a Trademark search on its brand logo before filing the trademark registration application. Through the search, the applicant can make necessary changes in the logo, if needed, to avoid objections during the application assessment by the examiner.
Q3. Why must one avail for trademark consulatancy in matters of trademark registration objection?
A. The objections in the trademark in India are too many and too common. Every year, there are thousands of applications filed by trademark aspirants. And every year, over 60 percent of these applications face objections. Therefore, you should take absolute care when it comes to filing the application for registration and consult a trademark expert on related matters.
Q4. How does the examiner convey the objection to the trademark application?
A. All it takes for the trademark objection process to complete is the creation of a trademark examination report. The report dictates whether the trademark is allowed or rejected.
Q5. How to file a trademark objection reply?
A. However, trademark objections are not always fair. Therefore, there is a Trademark Objection Reply. A reply to the TM objection has to be specifically filed in a customized fashion. Also, the defendant filing the reply must pay the required trademark objection reply fees.
Q6. How does a reply to the Objection of Trademark helps in getting the trademark registration application accepted?
A. Through the reply, you can counter each statement made in the Objection with a rebuttal. The defendant must follow a trademark objection reply letter format applicable in India. It has to be reasonable enough to counter the Objection.
Q7. What happens when the trademark objection reply is rejected?
A. If the reply is accepted, the trademark is published. If not, there is the matter of the hearing. Trademark objection application, therefore, needs a good reply, or else all your efforts to register your trademark shall be in vain.