Request to Alter the Name or Description of a Registered Proprietor or User (Form TM-33) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This document is an official form used to request a change to the name or description of a registered trade mark owner or user on the public register. It allows individuals or businesses to update their details without changing the actual ownership of the trade mark, provided they can explain the circumstances of the name change.
FORM TM-33
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee: See entry NO.38 of the First Schedule and footnote below.
Request to enter change of name or description of registered proprietor (or registered user) of trade mark upon the register.
Section 58 rules 91,97
I (or we) ' ...hereby request that my (or our) name (s) and description (s) may be entered in the Register of Trade Marks as 2 proprietor (s)/ registered user (s) of the trade mark(s) No.3... registered in class ...
I am (we are) entitled to 3 the said Trade Mark.
...use the said Trade Mark as registered user(s). There has been no change in the actual proprietorships 2/identity of registered user(s) of the said Trade Marks, but 4 ...
The entry at present standing in the register gives my (or our) name(s) and description (3) as follows:-
...
...
5 A copy of this request has been served upon the registered user(s)/proprietor(s)
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
Dated this ...day of ...20...
6...
SIGNATURE
NAME OF SIGNATORY
IN LETTERS
To
The Register of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 7...
Insert present name and address of registered proprietor or registered user
Strike out the words that are not applicable
Additional numbers may be given in a signed schedule on the back of the Form
State the circumstances under which the change of name took place
Strike out if not applicable
Signature of applicant or of his agent
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry
(See Rule 4).
Footnote: Fee for the first mark Rs.1000, for every additional associated mark Rs. 500. No fee, however, payable where the application for alteration or change of name is made as a result of an order of a public authority or in consequence of a statutory requirement as per law in India
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