GUIDE TO TRADEMARK SEARCH:
INTRODUCTION:
In India the rights of a proprietor are protected under the Trademarks Act, 1999. A trademark performs some functions such as:
Registering a trademark excludes other businesses to adopt the same brand name and to cause confusion in the minds of the consumers. So before going for registration of a trademark one needs to go for search of a trademark in order to avoid rejection by the Trademark Registry.
STEPS TO CONDUCT TRADEMARK SEARCH IN INDIA:
In India through https://ipindia.gov.in/ website one can go for public search before applying for a mark. It is free of cost; no charge is required to perform an online trademark search.
There are three types of search:
The word mark search lets one to find an exact or similar word which has already been registered or proposed to be. The phonetic mark search lets one to find for a phonetically or similarly sounding marks. And the Vienna code search lets one to search for similar artistic designs.
CONCLUSION:
The aforementioned steps are the general steps which one needs to be followed. And it is suggested that one can hire a trademark attorney to help the entrepreneur with all the steps one needs to go through. And IPRinn Associates provides all the IP related services which an entrepreneur needs to build his brand name.