Major Components Covered Under TM-M

Draft of the Trademark (Amendment) Rules, 2015 proposing amendment to Trade Marks Rules, 2002 was issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry on November 19, 2015 and came into force on March 6, 2017. These amended rules may be called as "The Trademark Rules, 2017" (further referred as "Amended Rules")

The amended rules have liberated the trademark process overall by diminishing the number of forms to just 8 instead of 74. The main motive is to simplify the entire trademark registration process and make it quick. It is expected to accelerate the overall process of trademark administration. The 2017 amended rules include form that could be used for multiple types of applications, as different from the 2002 rules, which had specific and designated formats for each type of application.