Online Trademark Registration in Bangalore
Statement of principal place of business in India in the application
(1) Every application for registration of a trademark shall state the principal place of business in India, if any, of the applicant or in the case of joint applicants, of such of the joint applicants, a principal place of business in India and the same shall be the address of the applicant.
Subject to the provisions of rules 17, 18 and 20, any written communication addressed to an applicant or in the case of joint applicants to a joint applicant, in connection with the Online Trademark Registration in Bangalore, at the address of his principal place of business in India given by him in the application shall be deemed to be properly addressed.
(1) Every applicant or opponent or any person concerned in any proceeding under the Act or rules shall furnish to the Registrar an address for service in India comprising of a postal address in India and a valid e-mail address and such address shall be treated as the address for service of such applicant or opponent or person:
Provided that a trademark agent shall also be required to furnish a mobile number registered in India.
Any written communication addressed to a person as aforesaid at an address for service in India given by him shall be deemed to be properly addressed.
Unless an address for service in India as required in sub-rule (1) is given, the Registrar shall be under no obligation to send any notice that may be required by the Act or the rules and no subsequent order or decision in the proceedings shall be called in question on the ground of any lack or non-service of notice.
Service of Documents by the Registrar
(1) All communications and documents in relation to application or opposition matter or registered trademark may be served by the Registrar by leaving them at, or sending them by post to the address for service of the party concerned or by email communication.
Any communication or document so sent shall be deemed to have been served, at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post or at the time of sending the email.
To prove such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed and put into the post or the email communication was sent to the email id provided by the party concerned.
(1) The authorization of an agent for the purpose of section 145 shall be executed in Form TM-M.
In the case of such authorization, service upon the agent of any document relating to the proceeding or matter shall be deemed to be service upon the person so authorizing him; all communications directed to be made to such person in respect of the proceeding or matter may be addressed to such agent, and all appearances before Registrar relating thereto may be made by or through such agent.
In any particular case, the Registrar may require the personal signature or presence of an applicant, opponent, proprietor, registered user or other person.
In case of withdrawal by the agent from the proceedings or from doing any act for which he has been authorized, in respect of an application or opposition wherein no principle place of business in India is mentioned, the applicant or opponent shall, within a period of two months from the date of such withdrawal, provide an address for service in India. If he fails to provide address for service in India within such period, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the application or opposition, as the case may be.
In case of revocation of authorization by the applicant or opponent in respect of an application or opposition wherein no principle place of business in India is mentioned, the applicant or opponent, as the case may be, shall provide the address for service in India within a period of two months from such revocation. If he fails to provide address for service in India within such period, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the application or opposition, as the case may be http://www.trademarkregistrationinbangalore.in.
