Types of trademark objections in India by trademark office
Given the widespread awareness of benefits of trademark registration at a global level, most business owners contemplate securing a trademark registration for their brand name prior or after launch. Statistically speaking, one a miniscule percentage of business entities are able to exercise exclusive monopoly rights over their trademark even after registration and such advantage is only available to registrants of highly distinctive, arbitrary and fanciful marks. A good trademark is a mark that is arbitrary, invented, and fanciful marks that are highly distinctive, e.g., Pepsi, Canon, Kodak. Common rejections by trademark office It is appalling that less than 20% of trademark applications proceed straight to registration without receiving a preliminary objection or refusal by the trademark examiner. Two most common...