Trademark Registration in Morbi, Gujarat

Tiles are in Class 19, which covers non-metallic building materials including ceramic, vitrified and porcelain floor and wall tiles. Sanitaryware, including toilets, wash basins, taps and faucets, is in Class 11. They are separate classes, so a brand used on both needs both, and the government fee is charged for each class.

No. Words that describe the goods cannot be claimed exclusively by anyone, and a mark made up only of such words is barred by Section 9(1)(b) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. Your rights rest on the distinctive part of the name and on the logo. That is also the part to search: two names with the same distinctive word and different descriptive endings are likely to be treated as similar.

Generally no. The pattern or shape of a product is protected by registering it as a design under the Designs Act, 2000, and the application has to be made before the design is published or sold. The name of the tile collection can be registered as a trademark if it is distinctive. The two registrations protect different things and are filed with different offices.

Class 14, which covers clocks, watches and other time-keeping instruments. Smart watches and wearable devices are in Class 9. A showroom or online store that sells clocks of several makers is a retail service in Class 35.

No. A registration under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 protects the mark in India. For export markets you need protection in each country, either by filing there directly or through an international application under the Madrid Protocol based on your Indian application or registration. Applying your mark in India to goods exported from India does count as use of the mark in India under Section 56(1).

No. Gujarat has one Trade Marks Registry office, the Ahmedabad branch at Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Ghatlodia, and it handles applications from Morbi and every other district of the state. You do not need to travel to it: the application is filed online, and hearings may be held by video conference under Rule 115 of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017.

Yes. The search, the application on Form TM-A, the authorisation on Form TM-M and any reply to an examination report are prepared and filed online, and documents can be shared by email or WhatsApp. Because the Ahmedabad office of the Registry handles the whole of Gujarat, a Morbi application goes to the same office as one filed from Ahmedabad.

Under the First Schedule of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017, the official e-filing fee is ₹4,500 per class for an individual, a DPIIT-recognised startup or a small enterprise, and ₹9,000 per class for any other applicant. Rule 2(1)(v) defines a small enterprise by the investment limit for a medium enterprise under the MSMED Act, 2006, so a company, LLP or firm can qualify on the strength of its Udyam certificate. Filing on paper costs ₹5,000 and ₹10,000 per class respectively. This is a per-class fee — three classes means three times the fee.

A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the date of filing, and can be renewed indefinitely in further 10-year terms by filing Form TM-R.

A trademark registered with IP India is protected across the whole of India the moment it's granted — there's no separate state-level registration. Being Gujarat-based only affects which Registry office typically handles your filing (Ahmedabad falls under the Trademark Registry's jurisdiction), not the geographic scope of protection.