Trademark Objection Show Cause hearing is the final stage for acceptance or refusal of the Trademark application in India. Generally, Trademark hearing date is informed to the applicant or applicant attorney through mail or physical copy dispatch at applicant’s address. But it is advisable to keep watching trademark hearing status every 10 days, once the alert shows in Trademark Status ‘Ready for Show Cause Hearing’, which means Trademark ‘Show Cause Hearing’ date will be updated soon.
It is very important to the applicant to do not leave the hearing unattended once the trademark hearing date is issued, if do so may end up in refusal of Trademark Application filed without going into merit of the Trademark Application. Normally, an applicant is awarded 3 Trademark Objection Show Cause Hearing to defend the Objections in their Trademark Application. If the applicant is not comfortable with the hearing date due to any valid reasons, he can seeks more time for the same by filing Extension of Time, in a prescribed application format with a Fees of 900/- by online.
Hearing on Trademark application will takes place at Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Kolkota according to the prescribed jurisdictions of each registry and states.
Trademark Application Number
Duly signed Power of Attorney from Applicant
If the mark is being in use
Documents such as Bills, Receipts, registration Certificates, Advertisement materials, P&L Account Statements, etc. in order to prove the usage of the mark applied for.
Step 01
Step 02
Step 03
All it takes 4 working days*
*Subjected to Registry Processing Time