Trade Marks Office invites comments on revised manual for examination and procedure

The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has invited comments and suggestions from stakeholders on the Draft Manual of Trademark Office (Practice & Procedure), 2026.

The Trade Marks Office has released a revised draft Manual of Trade Marks Practice and Procedure for stakeholder comments. The Draft Manual of Trade Marks incorporates the Trade Mark Rules, 2017; modernises the trademark filing workflow by formally digitising several of the protocols; includes references to recent case laws; expands on the procedure related to oppositions; and adds a new chapter 7 on ‘concept of claiming prior user and well-known marks’.

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