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New trademark rules ease filing regulations, halve fees

The government on Monday notified a new set of rules for Trademarks which brings down the number of forms required for filing a trademark application from 74 to 8 and cuts application fees.Replacing the Trade Mark Rules, 2002, the new rules has brought down the application fees for Individuals, Start-ups and Small Enterprises to Rs 4,500 down from the proposed Rs.8000, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a press release.Also, to promote e-filing of applications, the fee for online filing has been kept at 10 per cent lower than that for physical filing. Over all fees have been rationalized by reducing the number of entries in Schedule I from 88 to just 23.In a bid to boost ease of doing business, the modalities for determination of well-known trademarks have been laid out for the first time. Also, the provisions relating to expedited processing of an application for registration of a trade mark have been extended right upto registration stage while hitherto it had been only ...