Friday, September 17, 2010

Obtaining Trademark Journal List

By Ramaswami Natarajan

A trademark journal is a proof which contains details of trademark applications, granted trademarks, trademarks that are awaiting for examination and trademarks that are opposed. Intellectual property office publishes the trademark journals in their official website. This journal gives an outline about the details of trademarks. The proprietor of the trademark may know his/her status of the trademark application with the help of 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.

From the list of journal number, one can select the desired list. The list would contain many other sections related to classes in the specified journal number. After clicking on the class in which you want to search, click control + F and type 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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