{"id":3281,"date":"2021-03-13T08:36:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T08:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2021-03-13T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T08:37:10","slug":"well-known-trademarks-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Well Known Trademarks in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">With the upcoming new Trade Mark Rules 2017, a new procedure has been formed that permits the Trademark Registrar to declare a specific trademark known as\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cWell Known Trademark\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. As per the new Trade Mark Rule, the owner of a trademark can file an application in\u00a0<em><strong>Form TM-M\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>to appeal to the Registrar for announcing to be well known. Well known Trademarks has been offered amazing protections against passing off and violation of such trademark. Well known Trademarks are appreciated in India based on their reputation nationally and globally. Scroll down to check more information regarding the Well Known Trademarks in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3adf7688304\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3adf7688304\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#Meaning_of_Well_Known_Trademarks_%E2%80%93_An_Overview\" title=\"Meaning of Well Known Trademarks \u2013 An Overview\">Meaning of Well Known Trademarks \u2013 An Overview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#What_is_the_Provision_related_to_Well_Known_Trademarks_in_India\" title=\"What is the Provision related to Well Known Trademarks in India?\">What is the Provision related to Well Known Trademarks in India?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#Rule_124_of_Trade_Mark_Rules_2017\" title=\"Rule 124 of Trade Mark Rules 2017\">Rule 124 of Trade Mark Rules 2017<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#Trademarks_Act_1999\" title=\"Trademarks Act, 1999\">Trademarks Act, 1999<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#Filing_of_a_Well-Known_Trademark_Application\" title=\"Filing of a\nWell-Known Trademark Application\">Filing of a\nWell-Known Trademark Application<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/well-known-trademarks-in-india\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meaning_of_Well_Known_Trademarks_%E2%80%93_An_Overview\"><\/span>Meaning of Well Known Trademarks \u2013 An Overview<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In India, the well known trademark has been given special ownership rights against the registration of falsely similar or identical or copied marks as well as against their misuse. This special protection or safeguard accorded to well known marks a consequence of practices and declarations that have been carefully evolved by the courts in India. Here it would be related to mention that legal protection was permitted to well known marks only in India in 1999. Earlier to that, well known marks were safeguarded under the common law principles of passing off. The official website of the Indian Trademark Registry provides a complete list of well known trademarks in India such as AMUL, GOOGLE, etc. Currently, the list of 81 trademarks has been confirmed as \u201cwell-known\u201d by judicial and quasi-judicial authorities in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other trademarks in India whose status and goodwill are limited to a particular geographical area and a specific range of products, well-known marks have their value\/status and goodwill protected across the country and categories of products and services. It\u2019s a law that restricts the Trademark Registry to permit and register any mark as a trademark which is misleadingly similar to any of the well known trademark. For example, Google has been registered as a well known trademark of Alphabet Inc., which means only Alphabet Inc. can register the word\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cGoogle\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0for any category of goods and services. Even if the service is not associated with the internet industry, no other company but Alphabet Inc. can register \u201cGoogle\u201d as its trademark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, Read: <\/strong><mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/procedure-for-trademark-registration-in-mumbai\/\">Procedure for Trademark Registration in Mumbai \u2013 A Complete Guide<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Provision_related_to_Well_Known_Trademarks_in_India\"><\/span>What is the Provision related to Well Known Trademarks in India?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following\nare some provision regarding well-known marks in India:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rule_124_of_Trade_Mark_Rules_2017\"><\/span>Rule 124 of Trade Mark Rules 2017<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This rule allows the owner of a trademark to file a request for a grant of a well known trademark to the Trademark Registrar in the Form\u00a0<strong><em>TM-M.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Before the Trade Mark Rule, a mark was declared well-known only after proceedings, opposition, and rectification held before the Hon\u2019ble courts. With the beginning of the Trade Mark Rules and the procedure put thereof, a trademark owner can demand a well known trademark without getting into any rectifications and proceedings. Rule 124 makes sure a trademark is approved by the tag of \u201cwell-known\u201d just by a request application to the Registry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trademarks_Act_1999\"><\/span>Trademarks Act, 1999<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><em>11 (2) Protections of Well-Known marks across all classes:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Provision of this section lengthens the range of protection provided to the well known trademarks. As per this clause, well-known marks are to be protected and recognized across all the clause of goods and services. An appropriate portion of the section has been repeated herein: <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>A Trademark that is similar or duplicate to an already registered trademark.<\/li><li>A trademark that is registered for goods or services is not similar or identical to a trademark that is already registered in a different owner&#8217;s name shall not be registered, if or to the extent. The previous trademark is a well known trademark in India, and the use of the previous mark without any due cause would take unfair advantage of or be detrimental to the distinctive character or reputation of the previous trademark.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><em>11 (6) Factors taken into\nconsideration while defining the trademark as well-known:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A Joint Resolution Concerning Provisions on the safeguarding of well-known marks was adopted by\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization\">WIPO<\/a> (World Intellectual Property Organization)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>in 1999 in order to safeguard the well-known marks from infringement, where various factors in determining a well known trademark were enlisted. India being a member of\u00a0<strong><em>WTO or the World Trade Organization,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>embraced these factors and preserved them in\u00a0<strong><em>clause 6 of Section 111 of the Trademark Act<\/em><\/strong>. These factors include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Awareness about the mark in relevant sections of the public;<\/li><li>The duration, amount and geographical area in which the      trademark is used.<\/li><li>The duration, amount and geographical area in which the trademark promoted with respect to the goods and services to which it applies;<\/li><li><strong><a class=\"text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/trademark-registration\">Trademark Registration<\/a><\/strong> to the extent they reflect the use of the trademark;<\/li><li>Record of effective implementation of the rights in that trademark containing the record defining that the trademark has been      appreciated as well known by the Registrar or by any court.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><em>11 (9) \u2013 Circumstances\nnot required for well-known Trademark Registration:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>This section tells certain conditions which are not required for\nthe purpose of granting well-known trademarks. You can check these conditions\nbelow:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Trademark has been used\nin India;<\/li><li>Trademark has been\nregistered;<\/li><li>The Registration\napplication of a trademark has been filed in India;<\/li><li>Trademark is well-known\nor registered in any other authority other than India;<\/li><li>Trademark is\nwell-recognized to the public at a huge scale in India.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be specified that\nfor a trademark to be granted protection in India, it is not essential that the\nowner of a mark has his or her business or company in India or its trademark is\nregistered in India, or required trademark is known to a large scale. Thus, the\nspecific Provision provides for the concept of trans-border trademark reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><em>Responsibility on the\nRegistrar:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;It is the duty or\nresponsibility of the Registrar that in case of infringement or misuse, the\nRegistrar must safeguard the interest of the well-known trademark against\nsimilar ones and also must take into thought and notice the ill intention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filing_of_a_Well-Known_Trademark_Application\"><\/span>Filing of a\nWell-Known Trademark Application<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With\nthe incorporation of the Trade Mark Rules 2017, the owner of a trademark can\napply for a well-known trademark to the Registrar. The supposed application of\nrequest should be accompanied by a case statement, documents, evidence, and Rs.\n1 lakh fee, which has been already suggested. It is also compulsory that the\napplication for a well-known trademark has to be filed online through the\ne-filing services of the trademark. Once the application is submitted, the\napplication shall be considered under the documents submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Following are some documents\nrequired for filing a well-known trademark application:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Statement of case declaring the applicant\u2019s or\nclaimant\u2019s right on the trademark and describing the trademark claim to be a\nwell-known trademark.<\/li><li>Details of effective implementation of rights in\ncase the trademark have been recognized as a well-known mark by the Trademark\nRegistrar or the court in India.<\/li><li>Submit a copy of a judgment of any court or the\nTrademark Registrar wherein the trademark has been known as well-known.<\/li><li>Proofs are showing the right of the claimant and\njustifying his or her claim. Such proofs or evidence containing documents or\ndata showing:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Use of a trademark or any application filed for\ntrademark registration or registration attained.<\/li><li>An actual number of customers under the believed\ntrademark.<\/li><li>Annual sale turnover of the claimant\u2019s business.<\/li><li>Advertisement of the trademark along with the\nexpenses incurred thereof.<\/li><li>Recognition of the trademark in the appropriate\nsection of the public across the world.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> All the documents mentioned above, along with the evidence, are required to be submitted in a PDF format with a resolution of 200 X 100 dpi on A4 size paper and the size of all the documents not exceeding 10 MB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration of marks as well-known trademarks is usefully for international brands with a global reputation. Moreover, introducing a process to apply for well-known trademarks is an essential step forward in India&#8217;s effort to enhance Intellectual Property protection in India. This is likely to increase confidence in India\u2019s IP rule within the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, Read: <\/strong><mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/blog\/process-of-trademark-search\/\">Process of Trademark Search in India \u2013 An Overview<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the upcoming new Trade Mark Rules 2017, a new procedure has been formed that permits the Trademark Registrar to declare a specific trademark known as\u00a0\u201cWell Known Trademark\u201d. 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