A Trademark Application once filed can be objected by the TM examiner. However a third party can get a trademark status changed from ‘Advertised’ to ‘Opposed’ by furnishing a notice of opposition.

A Trademark application goes through many stages of scrutiny before the final registration of the trademark. The applicant usually gets confused between a Trademark Objection and a Trademark Opposition. S.No. Criteria Trademark Objection Trademark Opposition 1 Issuer Issued by TM Examiner Opposed by Third Party 2 Time Frame Respond within 1 month Respond within 2 months 3 Process Part of the Trademark Registration Process It is a Separate from the basic Registration of the TM Application 4 Stage It may follow ‘Marked for Exam’ It may follow ‘Advertised Before Acceptance’ 5 Appeal The appeal lies against Rejection The appeal lies against Judgement 6 Communication The acceptance is published in a Journal The Judgement is communicated to the concerned parties 7 E-Forms The Reply is furnished in MIS-R The Reply is furnished in TM-O 8 No Response TM Application is deemed to be Abandoned TM Application is deemed to be Abandoned 9 Fees Rs.2,999/- Rs.14,999/- Get Started Get Started