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After HC rap, patent office promises to settle 200K trademark cases by 2025

Agency under DPIIT draws up plan for speedy redressal

Total 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 54% were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants
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The Indian Patent Office in its submission before the court charted out a plan to beef up the workforce from 12 registrar level officers at present to dispose of the pending opposition cases.

Asit Ranjan Mishra New Delhi
With opposition cases on trademarks stacking up, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), generally known as the Indian Patent Office, has promised to settle around 200,000 applications that have ballooned since December 2020 on priority basis by 2025.

Concerned over delays in the resolution of pending opposition petitions on trademarks, the industry worried about further lengthy hold-ups seriously tarnishing the country’s business image.

With Delhi High Court (HC) giving CGPTDM a rap on the knuckles, the agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has drawn up a plan of action (PoA)