Friday, September 17, 2010

Trademark Journals

By Ramaswami Natarajan

A trademark journal is a record that contains details of trademark application that are granted or that are awaiting for examination or that are opposed. Every trademark office in several parts of the country publishes the trademark journals. The trademark journal gives an overview to the user to help him know if his mark is distinctive. It will also help the proprietor or the trademark attorney to know if his/her mark is opposed by a third person by simply viewing the trademark journal.

In India, the intellectual property rights website publishes the trademark journal. The desired journals can be searched with the help of the trademark journal. The list of journal number will be published twice in a month. The date of publication and the date of availability will also be mentioned along with the journal number. Mostly both these dates would be the same.

Any person can select the desired list form the list of journal numbers. In the specified journal number, there would be many other sections related to classes. The required class from which a journal should be obtained can be clicked by pressing control + F and typing the keyword for application number/class/address/abstract etc. By doing this it will be possible to see your trademark application.

It is also possible to file a notice of opposition to oppose an application that is published in the trademark journal by filling the Tm Form-5 with a prescribed fee of Rs 2,500/- (Rupees Two Thousand Five hundred).

Other trademark offices such as the United Kingdom trademark office, United States Trademark Office etc also consist of the trademark journals. The website of United Kingdom trademark office is www.ipo.gov.uk. The journals can be viewed electronically and is obtained in pdf format. Thus the details of trademark application can be obtained from the trademark journal and will be helpful to the owner of the trademark.

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