The right to sue in Indian courts for trademark infringement;

The recovery of means profits, damages, deliver-up, rendition of accounts and costs in a Indian courts infringement action and the possibility of treble damages and attorneys' fees;

The constructive notice of a claim of ownership (which eliminates a good faith defense for a infringer adopting the trademark subsequent to the registrant's date of registration);

The right to deposit the registration with Customs in order to stop the importation of goods bearing an infringing mark;

The prima facie evidence of the validity of the registration, registrant's ownership of the mark and of registrant's exclusive right to use the mark in commerce in connection with the goods or services specified in the certificate;

The possibility of incontestability, in which case the registration constitutes conclusive evidence of the registrant's exclusive right, with certain limited exceptions, to use the registered mark in commerce;

The limited grounds for attacking a registration once it is five years old;

The availability of criminal penalties in an action for counterfeiting a registered trademark;

A basis for filing trademark applications in foreign countries.

Power of attorney.

There is also an International trade mark registration whereby one application can cover any country party to the International system, the International system is known professionally as the Madrid System and the application can cover any country party to the Madrid Protocol (a list of the countries party to the Madrid Protocol are enclosed for your reference).

An International trademark application must be based on a 'home' registration and therefore the trademark must be filed on the home Trade Marks Register prior to filing the International application. The International application is dependent on the 'home' application or registration for the first 5 years of the International application and therefore it is important that the 'home' registration is maintained until the 5-year period has ended.

Please note that if your 'home' registration is refused registration or is declared invalid or revoked within the first 5 years of the filing date of the International application, the International application will also be cancelled.

Again, it is important that a trade mark clearance search is completed in the countries of interest prior to filing the International application, however in some circumstances the search fees are more expensive than the application fee and therefore in these circumstances it is more cost effective to file the application and wait and see whether an objection is raised against it.

We charge competitive professional fee in preparing and filing trademark applications and email to you the copy of the completed necessary forms for your perusal and after getting instruction to file a trademark application with the Indian or other SAARC countries. You will surprise to receive a copy of complete prepared application by email within 1 business day.

The Designs can be protected as design patent (industrial design). If the design is useful in some way, and, at the same time, is novel and non-obvious, it is patentable and can be protected under patent protection.

The Design search will compare your design to existing design filed with in the Indian Design Registry. If the design has some artistic value then it is also an artistic expression, and can be protected under copyright too. If the design is used with a particular product or services, then it forms a trademark and is protected under trademark law too. Such a design can be a logo, a design on the packaging, a part of the packaging (e.g., the distinctive shape of the Coca-Cola bottle is a trademark), a part of the product itself (e.g., design of a particular Tea mug).

We at ipsearches.com offers expedient professional patent searching services for both Indian patents as well as patents of other SAARC countries in accordance with your requirements of search. If you intend to estimate the prospects for getting your invention patented in India, a design & patent search can provide insight into prior art and help you in determining whether or not to proceed with filing an application. Our search service covers databases the SAARC Countries and we are a one-stop service provider for your entire design & patent search searching needs.

In Patents ipsearches.com offers customized procedure for prior patent search and watch which, enables the author / inventor to give only a brief description of the concept or invention and the author / inventor gives us a few key words for searching and watch. We then conduct the patent searches in several databases and find out all prior inventions granted similar to the concept /invention of the author / inventor.

Our experienced team of intellectual property agents can draft and file copyright applications as well, like the trademark application forms, copyright forms can also be deceptively simple. An experienced intellectual property agent can help guide you through the process to make sure that your copyrights are properly filed and registered on reasonable fee. We can also provide assistance with other copyright documents such as "Work For Hire" agreements, licenses and assignments. Please call for a quote if you required this type of assistance.

There is no such thing as an "international copyright" that will automatically protect an author's work throughout the entire world. However, most industrialized countries do offer protection to foreign works under certain international treaties and conventions. The most important of these treaties is the Berne Convention. This treaty includes over 100 countries and can be availed by authors, who are nationals of any member country.