WHY TRADEMARK REGISTRATION???

Exclusive rights to use:

 Registering your trademark is the quickest and safest way to secure exclusive legal rights over your brand name.

Builds Goodwill:

 Being able to use the ® symbol adds immense value and trust to your products. As a result it helps you in winning the confidence of your consumers and at the same time puts others on notice of your legal rights.

Proof of ownership:

 Registration is the legal proof of ownership for your mark.

Nationwide protection:

 A single registration grants you nation-wide protection even though your business may not have expanded to the whole country yet. In other words, You need not file separate applications for each state.

Protection granted by the Registry:

 Having your trademark on the register also means that trademark examiners will not allow registration of any subsequent trade mark which is same, identical or similar to your trademark. Every new trademark application will be scrutinized by the examiners against your mark and promptly refused if it is similar to your mark.  This right is available immediately after your application is submitted, that is even before your mark is registered.

Right to oppose:

 Even in some cases where another trader is able to convince a trademark examiner to accept his mark for registration, you still have a right to oppose his registration and successfully prove your prior rights.  

Right to claim protection:

 Registration grants you the right to file a trademark infringement lawsuit. In addition, you can also obtain financial compensation (monetary remedies) from any person who dishonestly copies your trade mark.

Notice to subsequent adopters:

 Once you have submitted the application, it gets recorded in the online database of Trademarks Registry. The advantage of this is that any person who subsequently wishes to adopt a same or confusingly similar mark as yours can find your trademark when searching the official records before choosing to commence using the particular name. therefore,This serves as a notice to other traders of your earlier rights and protects your mark from getting infringed. 

Protection against unregistered users:

 Registering your trade mark makes it much easier, and cheaper for you to prevent other traders from using similar trademarks. As a result it gives you ultimate supremacy over your Brand name.

Retrospective rights from the date of application:

 Registration rights are granted from the date on which the application is submitted, which means, even though the process of registration may take some time, when registration is granted, the rights are backdated from the date on which you have submitted the application !

Builds financial value:

 Registering your trademark also gives you the advantage of increasing the brand worth. If you wish to sell / franchise, your trademark registration would be most beneficial as it multiplies the financial value of your trademark.

Protection from unauthorised import of infringing goods: