Formalities before going for a Trademark

                Trademarks are the important and initial ingredients for cooking up a delicious brand. These Trademarks followed by proper management and efficient use becomes a well-known Marks. As an Enterprise or a Company there are few things to be kept at the back of your head when adopting or selecting a Trademark.

CHECK FOR AVAILABILITY – Its unlawful under Trademark laws around the world to adopt or use any marks which are identical or similar to any earlier Trademarks. Adopting or use of such identical or similar marks would amount to Infringement or Passing off and could be Criminal or a Civil offence. Thus it is suggested to consult an IP attorney to check the possible availability and scope for adopting a desires Trademark in order to avoid any future litigation.

KNOW THE PROCEDURE AND BENEFITS OF GETTING A TRADEMARK REGISTERED – Being an enterprise or individual, it is necessary to get to know the process and benefits of getting a Trademark in order to manage the brand appropriately and making it a successful name amongst the public at large. An IP attorney can throw light on these aspects which helps in making a future estimation of how wide can a brand become.

SELECTING A TRADEMARK – An Trademark can turn out to be a good Trademark or a bad one. A good trademark usually takes very in depth inputs from the administration as well as the employees of that enterprise while concentrating on the phonetic and visual appearance of the suggested marks so that consumers can easily recognize and correlate to such Trademark. These things form very important part of Trademark adoption process.

Jenil is a B. Com from L.S Raheja College Mumbai and an LLB from Indian Law Society's ILS Law College, Pune. He is the specialist in the field of Trademarks, Copyrights, Media and Entertainment Laws. His diverse knowledge in the field of Copyrights, Music, Entertainment Industry, Software and Media has helped many business owners in the form of protecting them from Infringers and Frauds. He also helps investigate upon the infringers on different social media platforms to help take the appropriate legal action against them. He is well versed in niche areas of research on the Trademarks and Copyrights front, which has enabled him to resolve multiple Legal disputes.

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