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My brand name is being used by someone else.

I have received an email from XYZ that I can no longer use my brand name as it belongs to them in the first place.

I have received a Notice from XYZ that I should stop using my Brand Name as it is causing a confusion with customers of the XYZ

If you are a startup and you are facing above mentioned challenges, you are required to look into your Trademark Strategy. Many startups fail to appreciate a “Trademark Strategy” early in the business lifecycle and end up loosing rights over the goodwill that they have created with their brand name. There are many others who do not understand the Legal logic of strong and weak trademarks and end up coining a name that decribe their business itself.

As a Start-up recognized by DPIIT, you are entitled for Professional support by DPIIT for registration of your Trademarks.

We are one of the leading Trademark facilitators appointed by DPIIT to support Start-ups in Trademark registration proceedings wherein the Start-up is entitled to avail 50% discount on Government fees and need not pay any professional fee to the Trademark facilitator (us). Please note that the scheme offers discount on Government fee applicable at the time of filing of the Trademarks as well as free of cost professional support by way of facilitators like us, the scheme is not a reimbursement scheme of expenses that you may incur and may have already incurred. For assisting every new Startup, DPIIT pays us a Professional fee of Rs. 2000 after filing and another Rs. 2000 after registration of the Trademark.

We have so far filed more than 1100 Trademarks for 337+ DPIIT Recognized Start-ups from across India

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DPIIT Pays us our Professional fee of Rs. 2000, for Filing and upon Registration of Trademarks on your behalf.

Please fill up the following form for Initiating the process of Trademark Registration

Now that you’ve already filled up the Trademark Filing request form, we would like you to watch the following instructional video that will assist you to get the best out of the Trademark registration process. The video explains the procedure to fill up the form, and answers frequently asked questions. It also helps you in finding appropriate classes for your trademarks.

Further Reference links: 

TM classification search: click here; 

The steps for filing Trademark with us are explained in the image provided below.

Entire Trademark registration is an online process with well defined stages like Formalities Check, Examination, Publication, Hearing (for some cases) and Registration. Indeed the registration certificate is also a PDF and no paper copy certificates are issued anymore. As part of the facilitation under the scheme, we shall take care of the objections if any raised by the Trademark Registry and attend the hearings that are required to be attended. In some cases if hearing can be attended over video-conference, we will not charge any professional fee from startups, however in other cases where there isn’t any option for attending hearings over video-conference we charge a nominal fee to cover our expense towards travel and time. Please note that the scheme does not cover the cost of opposition proceedings that you wish to file on other party’s trademarks or oppositions that may be filed against your trademarks.

If you have any other queries, kindly contact us on tm@stratjuris.com

*DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) has now changed to DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade).

List of Startups that we have already facilitated:

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