Indian Trademark Office: A Journey Towards A Better Future

Introduction :

For decades, the Indian Trademark Office was termed as the slowest office in terms of getting a trademark registration. The scarcity of staff combined with the lackluster attitude of the Officials working had given Indian Trademark Office a tag of being the least efficient office till early 2000's. Then came the transformation period wherein the government changed the rules of appointment of the Controller General (CG) in the year 2009 and an 'Indian Administrative Services (IAS)' Officer took over the reins for the first time. When Mr. P. H. Kurien was appointed as CG of the Indian Patent and Trademark Office, there was a lot of pendency and lack of transparency in the working style of the Office. The very first step taken by him was digitization of all the files related to Patent and Trademarks. From that point onwards, the Indian Trademark Office has not looked back and is now going at a steady pace wherein there is less pendency and