The deal closes, the deed gets signed, everyone moves on. Nobody files Form TM-P. Eighteen months later the buyer discovers they cannot renew the mark, cannot sue an infringer, and cannot even produce the deed as proof of title. The seller is still the registered proprietor.
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Timeline: Filing plus follow-through
Timeline: Filing plus follow-through
Timeline: Full portfolio transfer
Government fee — paid by you at actuals
Form TM-P is ₹9,000 per mark by e-filing. A pending application transfers on Form TM-M at ₹900 per mark instead — filing the wrong form gets the application returned. Stamp duty on the assignment deed is payable under your State Stamp Act at the applicable rate. All of it is paid at actuals.
Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.
All fees and charges listed are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer. Final amounts may vary depending on the volume of work and the complexity involved.
Before anything is filed. Whether goodwill transferred with the mark decides which route applies, and an unstamped deed is not admissible in evidence.
Duty computed under your State Stamp Act. An under-stamped deed surfaces as a problem at exactly the moment you need to prove you own the brand.
Section 45 requires the person entitled to apply to register their title within six months of the assignment taking effect. The Registrar may extend, but beyond that it becomes discretionary and slow.
The job is not done when the form is filed. It is done when the register shows the new proprietor.
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Only the registered proprietor can renew a mark. If a renewal falls due while the assignment is unrecorded, the buyer is locked out and the mark can lapse entirely. This is the one that actually loses marks.
Only the registered proprietor can sue for infringement under Section 29. Until the record changes, an infringer is the seller’s problem, not yours.
Section 45(2) says that until an application under Section 45(1) is made, the deed is not admitted in evidence as proof of title in any proceeding, unless the Registrar or court directs otherwise.
Section 42 says an assignment without goodwill SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT unless the assignee obtains the Registrar’s directions on advertisement and advertises as directed. Not "should". It is the most commonly skipped step in a gross assignment.
TM-M at ₹900 per mark, not TM-P. Filing the wrong one gets the application returned, and it is a common error in a portfolio transfer covering both.
Transferring IP out of India is a capital account transaction with FEMA implications and needs supportable valuation, with withholding and Form 15CA and 15CB on remittance. We handle the recordal and the tax side together.
