Application for Removal or Variation of a Collective Trade Mark (Form TM-43) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This document is an official form used to request the removal, cancellation, or variation of a collective or certification trade mark from the Register. It is typically filed by an aggrieved party who believes the registration should be expunged or modified based on specific legal grounds.
FORM TM-43
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee Rs.1000
Application for the removal from the Register of a collective mark or to cancel or vary the registration of a certification trade mark .
See Section 68,77 and rules 92, 133,139.
(To be filed in triplicate alongwith statement of case in triplicate).
In the matter of Collective Mark/Certification Trade Mark NO...registered in the name of ... in class ... (or We)' ... ...
being an aggrieved person(s) hereby apply for an order of the Registrar that :
2 The entry in the Register in respect of the abovementioned Collective Mark/Certification Trade Mark may be3 expunged/varied in the following manner:
The grounds of my(our) application are as follows:4-
...
The facts and matters set forth in the enclosed statement of case are true to the best of my
(our) knowledge, information and belief.
All communications relating to this application 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
State full name, address and nationality. An address for service in India should be stated if the applicant has no place of business or of residence in India. (See rule 18).
Strike out that which is not applicable
Strike out word not applicable
Specify any of the grounds set forth in section 68 or clauses(a) to (d) of section 77, as the case may be.
Signature
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry - (See rule 4).
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