Reliance Industries applies for Sindoor trademark operation for entertainment purposes
Information from the Trademark Search Portal of the Ministry of Commerce shows that Reliance applied for a word type trademark on May 7 (May 7).
Reliance declined to comment on trademark applications. The company's media and entertainment department provides news, entertainment, sports, movies and live entertainment through a variety of content formats.
The Level 41 trademark will provide holders with the right to use word type trademarks specifically. Reliance recommends using it for entertainment purposes based on the product and service descriptions in the application, including the production, demonstration and distribution of audio, video, or still moving data containing trademarks.
Trademark holders will be allowed to use it in the publishing service, including electronic publishing services, organizing, producing and presenting, competitions, competitions, games, concerts, exhibitions and events, etc.
According to legal practitioners, the status of the application is “Processing CHK Pass”, and as of the morning of May 8, the Trademark Registration Center has not taken any action. Status means that the applicant has submitted the information and documents correctly and cleared the formalities check.
According to the information from the trademark search portal, the other three applicants for the same type of trademarks. They are Mukesh Chetram Agrawal, headquartered in Mumbai, Kamal Singh Oberh (Retd) in Jamu and Alok Kothari in New Delhi.
Registration process
In protecting a trademark, this registry examines applications for existing use of the trademark. The registry may raise questions about the use of the trademark and whether there are similarities to previous trademarks. If the query is resolved, the registry will accept the tag.
If no questions are raised, the trademark will be accepted and published in the weekly trademark viewing government magazine. Thereafter, trademarks will be open to public review for four months if the trademark owner may file a complaint if the newly accepted trademark is similar to theirs.
Thereafter, if no complaint is made, the trademark is registered.
“A trademark application for Sindoor Operations, while procedurally valid, must be carefully examined by the Trademark Registration Centre of the Trademark Act 1999,” said Aditi Gehlot, an independent intellectual property expert based in Pune. “If the name implies affiliation of the government or is similar to an official movement, it can be prohibited under section 9(2)(b), as well as the Marks and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act of 1950. The Public Deception and Abuse of Government-type Identification Cards is a key issue. The registry must ensure that such applications do not misunderstand or violate public policy.”
The commercial department's portal shows that Sonu Kishanlal Jain's application date was January 15, 2018, and the application was rejected by the Trademark Registration Center for the Level 41 trademark “Indian Secret Mission”. The application comes after India's retaliation strike against the 2016 URI terrorist attack.
The Ministry of Defense said in a statement at 1:44 a.m. on May 7 that the Indian armed forces targeted Operation Sindor. According to the Ministry of Defense, the strike came after terrorists killed 26 people after the terrorist incident in Pahalgam, the northernmost region of India on April 22.
“We promise to take on the promise of the people who attacked,” the ministry said.
India has previously retaliated against such terrorist attacks. The government launched a surgical strike on the strategic objectives of the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region after the 2016 Uri terrorist attack claimed the lives of 19 Indian soldiers.
In 2017, the movie URI: Surgery strikeAccording to India's retaliation efforts, it was announced and released in 2019.
