Indian Trademark Office gets 100% computerized, paperless, including RTI!
Sequel to the previous notifications, a third notification from CGPDTM today notified the release of online facility for all Trade Marks forms through comprehensive e-filing services of Trade Marks. Only a few days ago we wrote about the first and second notifications which incorporated up to 57 forms. The third notification comes as a surprise today, although we noticed inclusion of some new features a couple of days ago. India is a signatory to TRIPS and as part of its TRIPS compliance, it is required to get its IP operations fully computerized and digitized. For most countries, July 2014 was the deadline for TRIPS compliance. Filing RTI through the system Most interesting fact is that this update includes a system to...