The event was started with the formal welcome address by Mr. M. Mahindra Prabhu, Assistant Professor (Law), Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli. The event was witnessed by approximately 60 participants. Mr. A. Nirmal Singh Heera, Assistant Professor (Law), Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli introduced the resource person Mr. R. Venkatesan. After the formal introduction of the resource person, the session was handed over to Mr. R. Venkatesan. He started his lecture with the definition of the Trademarks under the Trademarks Act, 1999 along with the examples of the registered trademarks. He also highlighted the functions, importance and subject matter of trademarks. Further he highlighted the characteristics of good trademarks and also spoke about the deceptive similarities of the trademarks. After the formal introduction to trademarks, he discussed about the filing of trademarks, national route along with its fee under the Trademarks Rules, 2017. He spoke about the half application fee for individuals, startups and small enterprises and he also discussed about the mode of filing of application online or offline (A4 size, Type written or printed in Hindi or English) along with Form No. TM-A. Statement of user, How to indicate a registered Trademark were also discussed by the resource person.
After that, he concentrated on the public search, class details, well known marks, and prohibited marks, Vienna code classification, International Non Proprietary Names (INN). In addition to the above, he also stated as to how the receipts for the payment were being made such as receipt, digitization, data entry, formality check, examination, reply to examination report, show cause hearing etc.
He has also spoke about the opposition proceeding such section 9 (1) application or Section 11(1) application of the Trademarks Act, 1999, and the registration process. Lastly, the resource person spoke about the renewal and post registration management and the rectification process as well. With this, the floor was open for the question and answers. The resource person patiently answered all the questions raised by the audience.
Lastly, the event came to an end at around 3.45 pm with a formal vote of thanks by Ms. Preetham Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor (Law), TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli.
