Request to Convert a Trade Mark Specification (Form TM-40) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This form is used by a trade mark owner to request the conversion of an existing trade mark's specification to align with the current classification schedule. It ensures that the registered goods or services are correctly categorized under the most recent legislative amendments.
FORM TM-40
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee: Rs.1000
Application by the proprietor of a registered trade mark for the conversion of the specification.
rule 101(1)
In the matter of Trade Mark No...registered in the name of ...in class...of the Fourth Schedule.
Application is hereby made by' ...the registered proprietor of the above numbered trade mark of the conversion of the specification of the above mentioned registration and2 the specification(s) of the Registered User(s) thereunder in consequence of the amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2001.
The specification(s) entered in the register in accordance with the said schedule prior to amendment is (are):-
...
It is requested that the Registrar should propose the following specification in accordance with the amended schedule:-
Class ...
Class ...
3 A copy of this application has been served on the registered user(s)
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
Dated this ...day of ...20...
4...
SIGNATURE
NAME OF SIGNATORY IN LETTERS
To
The Registrar of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 5...
Insert the name and address of the registered proprietor
Cancel the words in italics, if there are no registered users
Strike out if not applicable.
Signature of the registered proprietor 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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