11 Steps on How to Plan the trademark registration process

11 Steps to Plan the trademark registration process

The process of trademark registration start after the filing of a Trademark Application with the Indian Trade Marks Registry offices. A trademark application goes through different stages before it is registered.

The Steps include in the Trademark Registration as under.

1. Send to Vienna Codification
2. Marked for Examination
3. Formality Check Pass
4. Formality Check Fail
5. Objected
6. Ready for Show cause Hearing
7. Accepted Before Advertisement
8. Accepted & Advertised
9. Opposed
10. Registered
11. Renewal due

If the reply is not filed within the prescribed period then trademark application gets rejected/ abandoned. Hence, the trademark applicant should to check the status of the trademark application at the regular interval.