Trademarks Form Tm 55

FORM TM- 55 

THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999 

Fee: Rs.1000 

Application for Registrar's preliminary advice as to distinctiveness by a person 
proposing to apply for the registration of a trade mark.  

Section 133(1) rule 23. 

I (or we)' ________________________________________________________________________________hereby apply to the Registrar 
to advice me (or us) whether the accompanying trade mark 2 appears to him prima facie to be 
distinctive in respect of my (or our) goods or services.  

The goods or services in respect of which I (or we) propose to apply for registration of the said 
trade mark are 3________________________________________. in class 4___________________________ 

The Registrar's advice may be sent to the following address in India :-   

Dated this ____________day of __________20__________ 

5__________________________ 

SIGNATURE 

NAME OF SIGNATORY IN LETTERS 

To 

The Registrar of Trade Marks 

The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 6_________________ 

1. State the name and address in full 

2. To be sent in triplicate, each representation being mounted on a sheet of strong paper 
approximately 33 centimetres by 20 centimetres in size. 

3. Here specify the goods or services . Only goods or services included in one and the same class 
should be specified. A separate application is required for each class. 

4. State only if the address given at is not of a place in India. 

5. Signature 

6. State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry (see rule 4).. 

Footnote: If and when an application is made to register the trade mark, objection may arise if 
identical or deceptively similar marks are found on the records of the Trade Marks Registry. A 
prior notification of any such relevant marks(if they are to be found) can be obtained by a request 
to the Registrar in Form TM- 54.