Request to Correct a Clerical Error or Amend a Trade Mark Application (Form TM-16) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This is a standard form used to request the correction of clerical errors or amendments to a trademark application or registration in India. It is primarily used by trademark applicants, proprietors, or opponents to ensure that records accurately reflect the intended details as per the Trade Marks Act.
FORM TM-16
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's Code No:
Proprietor's Code No:
Fee of Rs.500.
Request for correction of clerical error, or for amendment.
Sections 18(4), 22 and 58 rules 41,91,97.
In the matter of ' ...
I(or we) ... being the [2] applicant (s) in the above matter hereby Opponent(s)
Regd. Proprietor(s)
Registered User (s)
request that ...
...
...
the registered propreitor(s)
3 A Copy of the request 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
Fee: See Footnote below
To
The Registrar of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 5...
Insert words and reference number identifying the entry or application or opposition
Strike out words not applicable
Strike out if not applicable
Signature
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry
(See Rule 4).
Note:- No fee is, however, payable where the request for correction or amendment is made as a result of an order of a public authority or in consequence of a statutory requirement.
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