Trademark Registration in Malad
For IT companies, retail and franchise brands, studios and restaurants in the northern suburbs.
Malad businesses file with the Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai, which handles all of Maharashtra. For retail and franchise brands the timing matters: register before you sign franchisees or open a second store. Without objection or opposition, registration commonly takes about a year.
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- Registered Trade Marks Agent
- Last updated
- Franchise-ready. Registered before the first franchise agreement is signed.
- Tech names. IT company names with a part that can actually be protected.
- Online. Email and video calls from our Vashi office.
- Mumbai registryExamines Mumbai applications
- ≈ 20 km from VashiStraight line · filed online
- Hearings by videoAttended for you
- Since 2008Filing with IP India
Which Trade Marks Registry handles Malad?
The Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai. Malad East and West, and Goregaon East with Film City, are in the Mumbai Suburban district and file there.
Trade Marks Registry
Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai
Boudhik Sampada Bhavan, near Antop Hill Post Office, S.M. Road, Antop Hill, Mumbai 400037
Handles applicants based in
- Maharashtra
- Goa
- Madhya Pradesh
- Chhattisgarh
Patent Office
Patent Office, Mumbai branch
Covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
How it works from Malad
Your business in Malad, Mumbai
About 20 km north-west of our office, in a straight line
Documents by email or WhatsApp · video calls
GB Legal Associates, Vashi
Search, drafting, filing and replies
Online filing on IP India
Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai
Examination, objections and hearings
No visit to the office is needed. Hearings can be attended by video, and we attend for you.
Malad industries and the classes they usually need
Class finder- IT and back-office services (Mindspace Malad)
- Shopping malls and retail
- Media services near Film City
- Education and coaching
- Small manufacturing and workshops
- Class42Technology, software and scientific servicesIT services, analytics and software firms in the Mindspace Malad business park.
- Class9Software, electronics and apparatusApps and downloadable software built by those teams for their own products.
- Class35Advertising, business and retail servicesRetail brands and franchise stores in the Link Road malls.
- Class41Education, training and entertainmentStudios, dubbing and post-production services serving Film City in nearby Goregaon East.
- Class43Restaurants, cafés and accommodationRestaurants and food courts along Link Road and S.V. Road.
Neighbourhoods and business districts in Malad
- Malad West
- Malad East
- Mindspace
- Link Road
- Evershine Nagar
- Marve Road
- Malvani
- Kurar
- Dindoshi
- Goregaon East
What should Malad’s IT, retail and studio businesses register?
Retail and franchise brands. The Link Road malls are where many Mumbai food and retail concepts first scale. A franchise is a licence of your trademark: without a registration, you are licensing something you may not be able to defend, and a franchisee who leaves can keep trading under a similar name. Register the name and logo before the first franchise agreement, and write quality control and the end of the licence into the agreement.
IT and analytics companies in the Mindspace business park often have names ending in "Tech", "Soft", "Solutions" or "Analytics". Those words describe the business and give no protection; the first word has to do the work. File in class 42 for services and class 9 for any software product you ship.
Studios and post-production houses serving Film City in Goregaon East register their name in class 41, whether they offer dubbing, editing, sound or visual effects.
Restaurants along Link Road and S.V. Road register in class 43, and in class 30 or 29 if they sell packaged food under the same name.
How does a Malad business register before it franchises?
Day 1–2
Search and class advice
We search the brand name and logo in class 43, 35, 42 or 41 as your business needs, and check whether a name meant for franchising clashes with other chains. The written report arrives within a working day.
Before filing
Paperwork and authorisation
If the company will sign the franchise agreements, the company should be the applicant, not a founder. Send its incorporation or Udyam certificate and the final logo file. An authorised signatory signs Form TM-48 and returns a scan.
Filing day
Filing with the Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai
Form TM-A is filed online and the application number issued the same day, so it can be cited in franchise agreements and shown with the ™ symbol on mall signage.
After filing
Examination, Journal and registration
We reply to any objection about descriptive words such as "Tech" or "Café". After acceptance the mark is advertised in the Trade Marks Journal and anyone may oppose within four months. Registration then runs ten years from the application date.
What are the government fees?
IP India charges per class at filing. A Malad company planning to franchise pays the standard rate unless it holds DPIIT recognition or is an MSME registered on Udyam, which brings the lower one.
| Fee (e-filing) | Individual · Startup · MSME | Company · LLP · Others |
|---|---|---|
| Application for registration of a trade markForm TM-A, per class | ₹4,500 | ₹9,000 |
| Request for expedited examination of an applicationForm TM-M, per class, e-filing only | ₹20,000 | ₹40,000 |
| Notice of opposition, or counter-statementForm TM-O, per class | ₹2,700 | ₹2,700 |
| Renewal of registration (Section 25)Form TM-R, per class | ₹9,000 | ₹9,000 |
| Surcharge for renewal within six months after expiryForm TM-R, per class, plus the renewal fee | ₹4,500 | ₹4,500 |
| Restoration and renewal of a removed mark (Section 25(4))Form TM-R, per class, plus the renewal fee | ₹9,000 | ₹9,000 |
| Registering a subsequent proprietor after assignment or transmission (Section 45)Form TM-P, per mark | ₹9,000 | ₹9,000 |
Government fees from Trade Marks Rules, 2017, First Schedule (IP India), as checked on . Statutory fees only; the firm's professional fee is quoted separately in writing.
Trademark registration in Malad: questions
We plan to franchise our Malad store. When should we register the trademark?
Before the first franchise agreement. A franchise licenses your brand; register it first so you can control it and stop former franchisees using it.
Our IT company’s name ends in "Tech Solutions". Can it be registered?
Yes, if the first word is distinctive. "Tech Solutions" will be treated as descriptive and may need a disclaimer.
Can a dubbing studio near Film City register its name?
Yes, in class 41, which covers dubbing, editing and other post-production services.
Does a registration from Malad protect us in other parts of Mumbai?
It protects you across India, not only in Mumbai. The registry that examines the application does not limit where the registration applies.
For a mall kiosk brand, should we file the word or the logo first?
The word mark first, because it protects the name in any style. File the logo when the design is final.
Are Goregaon East businesses handled the same way?
Yes. Goregaon East is in Mumbai and files with the Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai.
Trademark registration near Malad
- Andheri≈ 8 km awayTrademark Registration in Andheri, Mumbai
- Santacruz≈ 12 km awayTrademark Registration in Santacruz
- Ghatkopar≈ 13 km awayTrademark Registration in Ghatkopar
- Bandra Kurla Complex≈ 14 km awayTrademark Registration in Bandra Kurla Complex
- Bandra≈ 14 km awayTrademark Registration in Bandra
- Chembur≈ 16 km awayTrademark Registration in Chembur
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Further reading
- Which Trademark Registry Handles Your Application? A City-by-City GuideThe five Registry offices, the rule that decides yours, and a state-by-state and city-by-city table.
- How Long Does Trademark Registration Take in India?Stage-by-stage timings from filing to certificate, and what adds months: objections, hearings and oppositions.
- Trademark Status Meanings: Every IP India Status ExplainedEvery status on the IP India e-register in the order an application meets it, what it means, and which ones start a deadline.