Trademark Certificate your proof of registered ownership.

A trademark certificate is the official document issued by the Trade Marks Registry under Section 23 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, certifying that a trademark has been entered in the Register of Trade Marks in the name of the registered proprietor. The certificate carries the registration number, date of application, mark representation, registered classes of goods or services, name of the proprietor, and date of expiry. It is the single most important document that evidences the proprietor's exclusive statutory right to use the mark in respect of the registered goods or services.

Since the e-filing rollout of the Trade Marks Registry, certificates are issued digitally and signed by the Registrar. The certificate is required for a wide range of business purposes — opening of bank accounts in the brand name, listing on e-commerce marketplaces under brand registry programmes, applying for foreign filings under the Madrid Protocol, executing licensing and franchise agreements, raising loans against the trademark as collateral, and producing in court in infringement or passing-off proceedings. A clean, current trademark certificate is non-negotiable for any brand-led business.

Our trademark certificate practice supports proprietors through every certificate-related need — initial download of the digital certificate at the time of grant, obtaining certified true copies for institutional use, replacement of lost or damaged certificates, post-registration record maintenance including updation of proprietor name, address, and assignee details, and consolidation of certificate records across a multi-class trademark portfolio.