Request for a Written Statement of the Grounds of the Registrar's Decision (Form TM-15) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This form is used to formally request a written statement from the Registrar of Trade Marks explaining the grounds for a specific decision. It serves as an official application under the Indian Trade Marks Act to understand the reasoning and materials used in a ruling following a hearing.
FORM TM-15
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee: R.1000
Request for statement of grounds of decision
rule 40(1)
In the matter of ' ... the Registrar is hereby requested to state in writing the grounds of his decision dated the ...day of ... 20...after the hearing on the ...day of ...20...and the materials used by him in arriving at the decision.
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
Dated this ...day of ...20...
2...
SIGNATURE
NAME OF SIGNATORY IN LETTERS
To
The Registrar of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 3...
Insert particulars identifying the application.
Signature of the applicant or of his agent.
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry -
(See Rule 4).
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