New trademark rules ease filing regulations, halve fees

To promote e-filing, fee for online filing has been kept 10% lower than that for physical filing

The government on Monday brought down the number of forms required for filing an application from 74 to eight and almost halved the application fees.

Monday’s notification replaced the Trade Mark Rules, 2002. It brought down the application fees for individuals, start-ups and small enterprises to Rs 4,500, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a press release. To promote e-filing of applications, the fee for online filing has been kept at 10 per cent lower than that for physical filing. Overall fees have been rationalised by reducing the number of entries in Schedule I from 88 to just 23. To