Straightforward answers to the questions brand owners across Gujarat actually ask us — on searching, filing, defending and renewing a trademark.
"New Application" is the first status most trademark filings show on IP India. It confirms the application is on record...
Read Guide ↗This status appears for logo, device and label marks. The Registry is assigning international codes to the image element...
Read Guide ↗"Formalities Chk Pass" means the Registry's paperwork check found nothing that stops the application moving on to examin...
Read Guide ↗The mark has been published in the Trade Marks Journal before the Registrar formally accepted it. What that means, why i...
Read Guide ↗A Withdrawn status means the application has been withdrawn, normally at the applicant's request, and will not go on to...
Read Guide ↗A Removed status means the trade mark has been taken off the Register of Trade Marks, most often because the registratio...
Read Guide ↗The examiner has reviewed your mark and written a report. What the status means, how it differs from Marked for Exam, an...
Read Guide ↗Someone has filed a notice of opposition against your advertised mark. What opposition is, the counterstatement deadline...
Read Guide ↗Your reply did not fully satisfy the examiner, so the Registrar wants to hear you before deciding. What the hearing invo...
Read Guide ↗That is what we help you decide. Then we search it, file it, defend it, and keep it renewed for the next ten years — from Ahmedabad, for all of Gujarat.