Notice of Opposition to the Conversion of a Trade Mark Specification (Form TM-41) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This official form is used to formally oppose a proposal for the conversion of a trade mark's specification under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. It allows a party to state their grounds for opposition and provide necessary details regarding the registered mark and the relevant Trade Marks Journal advertisement.
FORM TM-41
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee: See entry No.46 of the First Schedule.
Notice of opposition to proposal for conversion of specification under Section 60(2). Rule 101(4)
[To be filed in triplicate accompanied by a statement in triplicate showing how the proposed conversion would be contrary to sub- section (1) of section 60]
In the matter of Trade Mark(s)'...registered in the name of ...in class ...of the Fourth Schedule.
I(or we)2...hereby give notice of my (or our) intention to oppose the proposal for the conversion of the specification(s) of the trade mark(s) advertised in the Trade Marks Journal of the ...day of ...20...No...page...
The grounds of opposition are as follows:
The 3 ...office of the Trade Marks Registry has been entered in the register as the appropriate office in relation to the trade mark(s).
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
...
Dated this ...day of ...20...
4...
To
The Registrar of Trade marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 3...
The numbers of more than one trade mark (being associated trade marks) dealt with by the same proposal may be given provided the specification are the same and the marks are associated.
State full name and address. An address for service in India should be stated if the person giving notice has no place of business or of residence in India
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry - (See rule 4).
Signature of the person giving notice or of his agent
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