Request for an Expedited Trade Mark Search and Certificate for Copyright Registration (Form TM-72) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This document is an official form used to request an expedited search of the Trade Marks Registry. It is specifically designed to obtain a certificate verifying that no resembling trademarks exist, which is a required step for registering an artistic work under the Copyright Act.
FORM TM-72
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agents Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee: Rs.25,000. See entry No.76 of the First schedule
Request for expedited search and issue of a certificate under rule 8(2)(c ), 24(5)
The Registrar is hereby requested under rule 24(3) to search to ascertain whether any trade marks are on record which resemble the artistic work sent herewith in triplicate (each artistic work being mounted in a sheet of strong paper approximately 33 centimetres by 20 centimetres in size and issue a certificate for use under section 45 of the Copyright Act, 1957.
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
Dated this ...day of ...20...
$^{1}$SIGNATURE
NAME OF SIGNATORY IN LETTERS
To
The Registrar of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at Mumbai 2
Signature
See rule 8(2)(c).
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