ER Reply Draft
ER Reply Draft
To
The Examination Section
The Trademarks Registry
Delhi
Re: Reply to the examination report with respect to the Application No.
________in class 5.
Dear Sir,
We act for the Applicant, in the above matter with respect to the trademark application no.
______ for the mark in class 5 (hereinafter referred to as “Subject Trademark”).
We write with response to the examination report dated 07/09/2022, a copy of which is
annexed herewith as Annexure A.
1. At the outset, it is submitted that the Applicant has adopted the Subject Trademark in
2019 and has been using the same in India at least since May 06, 2020.
2. As per the examination report, the Learned Registrar has objected to the Subject
Trademark under Section 11 of the Act on the basis of 3 (three) similar trademark
already available on the Register for same/similar goods. In response to the objection
raised under section 11(1), it is submitted that the cited mark bearing application no.,
in the name of, has been filed on a ‘proposed to be used’ basis on 06/10/2021.
3. It is submitted that the Applicant is not only the prior adopter for the Subject Mark,
but also the prior user at least since January 24, 2021 in India, which is prior than the
application date (viz. October 06, 2021) of the mark cited in the Examination Report
(“Cited Mark”). Therefore, the Subject Trademark is an ‘earlier trademark’ vis-à-vis
the Cited Mark.
4. The Applicant’s application for the Subject Trademark has been filed to claim priority
relying on the Trademark Application No. filed on 29 March, 2022 in Nepal, which has
been accepted and published in the Industrial Property Bulletin. Documents
demonstrating the priority claim of the Subject Mark in the jurisdiction of Nepal are
annexed herewith and marked as Annexure B.
5. It is a well-established principle of the Trademark Law that a prior user of any mark is
entitled to the rights on the trademark rather than the prior applicant, and in case of a
conflict between the prior user and the prior registrant, the rights of the prior user for
the trademark. Reliance is placed on the following decisions:
Yours Sincerely,