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Stop! Don’t Trademark: Prohibited Trademarks In India

Are you planning to trademark your business name? Are you planning to get a unique trademark logo that helps your brand stand out in the crowd? Wait! Before you move on to the trademark registration process, make sure your trademark is not remotely close to one of the prohibited trademarks. This blog will specifically talk[…]

How to Perform a TESS Trademark Search?

The TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) is a searchable electronic database of registered, approved, and closed trademark applications. Also, it provides a free search over the data of the past three decades. The legal Trademark professionals perform the TESS Trademark Search on the database to check for any possible infringement. The USPTO is responsible for[…]

Service Marks: Examples, Registration, And Benefits

You must have eaten at McDonald’s or enjoyed their takeaway meals at least once in your life. But did you know that the name “McDonald’s” is actually registered as a service mark? If you are confused, thinking, “Hmm, I always thought McDonald’s will be a product trademark as they sell food products.” Yes, they do,[…]

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How to Conduct Trademark Monitoring Strategies for Your Business

Early detection of trademarks and monitoring is crucial. It is much easier for companies to defend their rights to trademarks when a trademark infringement is found out. Being aware of the trademark is vital to be able to identify this. It is vital to be able to identify the trademark early to identify and monitor at-risk brands or[…]

Color Trademarks in India: Everything You Need To Know

A trademark is a clearly recognized design, phrase, symbol, slogan, or word with the ability to distinguish the products or services of a brand from those offered by other sources. A brand’s trademark can be found on : Label Packaging Advertisements Voucher Apart from the conventional trademarks (symbol, logo, phrase), there are a couple of[…]

10 Most Weird & Unique Trademarks You Won’t Believe Exist

Can you believe that a smell can be someone’s intellectual property giving them exclusive rights to the scent? Did you know that you can own a sound, gesture or color? Well, it is true, but there are countless examples of unique trademarks (smells, sounds, shapes, and colors). This blog lists the 10 weirdest yet unique[…]

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Complete Process of Trademark Assignment in India

In recent years, trademark registration in India has seen a huge boom. During the past 4 years, the number of trademarks registered in India were equal to the past 75 years. Until 2015, India had approximately 11.9 lakh trademarks. While in 2020, registered trademark in India jumped to a humungous 23.52 lakh trademarks, am enormous[…]

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Key Parameters to Perform USA Trademark Search

Generally, if you run a USA trademark search using the USPTO website and no results appeared, your desired trademark is good to be used. This is a common notion held by clients. However, this practice is not foolproof. A mere absence of an exact hit for the desired trademark does not ensure that the particular[…]

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Sound Marks: Registration, Benefits, Examples

I am sure you have eaten at McDonalds at least once in your life or maybe just took a happy meal and ate at your comfort place. But have you ever wondered about the McDonalds’ classic “I’m Lovin it” sound? YES, that is an example of sound mark. Can Sound Be A Trademark? If you[…]

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Certification Marks: How to Get One for Your Products?

Let us imagine a situation. You go to a grocery store to buy a bottle of jam. The store has 2 brands of jam as options. One of them has normal branding, nothing striking. And the other one has a nice aesthetic branding and a certification trademark. The packaging shows the certification mark and guarantees[…]