Taking a step further towards Digitization, the Indian Trademark Office on 28/07/2016 issued a public notice, facilitating automation and digital generation of trademark registration certificate for the trademark applications having fulfilled certain guidelines. Being effective from 1st August, 2016 the trademark application meeting the following criterions shall be eligible for automatic generation of trademark certificate:
- Trademark Application published in the Trade Marks Journal Number 1720 dated 23.11.2015 and thereafter,
- No request for amendment on behalf of applicant is pending for disposal,
- The copy of original trademark application being available in the Trademark Registry's' database,
- The application being completely compliant without having any pending requirement for submission of fee, Power of Attorney, or other relevant necessary documents. And,
- The applications which have not been specifically prohibited or barred by any court, IPAB or any competent authority for registration.
This move is further seen to be one with the changing and evolving needs of time. It is also pertinent to mention that the generated trademark registration certificate shall be transmitted to the registered email address of the applicant/agent and further shall also be available on the official website (www.ipindia.nic.in ). Moving further to facilitate the process the applicant/agent have been asked to register the correct details of communication and email address for a further smooth flow of operations.
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