Companies while trading their products use different logos, symbols, designs, marks or words to easily distinguish their products from the others. This ensures that there are a distinct identity and no similarity in the packaging, brand name, quality of the product and many other features sold by one company from another. Therefore, in simple terms, trademark means distinguishing the product of one company by using various marks, from the other companies in the course of trading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trademark helps the company to protect the product that is being sold by them from the other products in the market. This eventually falls under the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)[1]<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/sup><\/strong> and governed by its rules. Any infringement shall result into an offence and liable to punishment and penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trademark Act, 1999 specifies all the rules and procedures for the registration and protection of trademark and further any penalties and punishment resulted from any infringement. Not only this act protects the companies, but it equally protects the customers who further have trusted on a particular brand. A company has a right to register its product for a period of 10 years under the Act which can be extended to the next 10 years on the payment of prescribed Trademark renewal<\/a><\/strong> fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, at the time of registration, the Registrar can refuse or object to register a certain trademark on various grounds. The reasons for the objection of trademark registration and emendation and how to file a Trademark Objection Reply shall be discussed in this article below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n