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ARTICLE · 24 MARCH 2017

The Trademark Rules, 2017

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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...

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Dipak Rao
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Nishi Shabana
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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 has finally come into force as of March 6, 2017 as the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 ("Rules").

In order to simplify and streamline the whole trademark filing and prosecution process the numbers of forms have been reduced from 75 to 8. Previous forms have been replaced by 8 consolidated forms. The enormous heightening in the expense is much more than the alterations proposed in 2015 which is very apparent. The highlight of the proposed amendment is more than 100% percent hike in the trademark filing fee.

Some of the key highlights of the said amendments are as under:

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