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• Trademark
• Trade name
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• A. Trade name is the full name of your business, such as:
“Syed Bhais (Pvt.) Limited” and it identifies your company or
firm. A trademark, however, is the sign that distinguishes the
product of your company. A company may have various
trademarks. For instance Syed Bhais Private Limited sells itsproducts under the trademark “Syed Bhais” and logo “SB”.
• ™ (for an unregistered trade mark, that is, a mark used to
promote or brand goods)
• ℠ (for an unregistered service mark, that is, a mark used topromote or brand services)
• ® (for a registered trademark or service mark)
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CLASSIFICATION OF TRADEMARKS IN
THE WORLD AND PAKISTAN
• Different goods and services have been
classified by the International (Nice)
Classification of Goods and Services into 45
Trademark Classes
• 1 to 34 cover goods, and 35 to 45 services
• This is also known the Geneva classification
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LAW AND LEGISLATION REGULATING
TRADEMARK REGISTRY AND ANCILLARY
MATTERS IN PAKISTAN • Trade Marks Registry (TMR) is premier body of
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) working for the registration of trade andservices marks under the Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001
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It is a federal government body and its jurisdiction fortrade and services marks lies within the geographicalboundary of Pakistan
• It works as a civil court and its decisions are appealable atthe provincial high courts
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The Trade Marks Registry is headed by a Registrar and itsoffice is located in Karachi.
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Functions
• Application Submission
• Examination Sections (Eight) – Owing to a huge number of applications received, this
section is divided into eight sub-sections. Each sub-section
has been allocated specified number of classes of goodsand services for examination
• Journal Section – The TMR has maintained this section for the publication of
its monthly magazine, Trade Marks Journal
• Opposition Section – Opposition Section deals with oppositions filed against a
trade mark published in its Journal
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Functions Cont.
• Registration Section – After the acceptance of mark for registration, this section
informs the applicant/representative to submit a prescribed feeto get the registration certificate
• Post Registration Section – After the registration of a mark, all subsequent changes,
amendments, transactions and related matters are looked afterby the Post Registration Section
• Renewal Section – A registered trade marks is valid for a time period of 10 years.
Afterwards, it need to be renewed for another 10 years
• Record Section – To maintain a thorough inventory and the safe record of files the
trade marks registry has maintained a record section
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Functions Cont.
• Legal Section – This section handles all the Legal matters due in the court
including appeals vis-à-vis the decision of the RegistrarTrade Marks Registry.
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Administration/ HR / Accounts Section – The internal matters of the trade marks registry including
human resource management, office infrastructure andoffice accounts are looked after by this section.
• IT Section – Automation, IT support, and maintenance of IT
infrastructure of Trade Marks Registry are taken care of bythis section.
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