Bangalore builds brands faster than almost anywhere in India. Protect yours before someone else claims it. Trademark search, filing, and objection handling for the city’s startups, founders, and businesses, by IP lawyers. From ₹6,999 all in.
Share your brand name and what you do, and an IP lawyer will run a preliminary check and respond with the right class, a clear quote, and the timeline. No obligation, no automated replies.
Bangalore runs on ideas that move fast. A team picks a name on a call, buys the domain that night, and ships. The one step that gets skipped in the rush is the one that actually protects the name: registering it as a trademark.
Here is what that costs later. A SaaS company scales for two years, then gets a legal notice because someone else registered the same name first, in the same class, and now owns it. A D2C brand builds a following, then finds a copycat selling under a near-identical name and has no registered right to stop them. India is a first-to-file country, so the business that registers the mark wins, not the one that used it first or built it bigger.
A trademark is the only thing that makes your brand legally yours. It is what lets you stop a copycat, licence or sell the brand, and clear diligence when you raise. In a market where a name can go from unknown to everywhere in months, registering early is not paperwork. It is the cheapest insurance you will buy on the most valuable thing you own. If you want to understand the strategy first, start with our guide on how to trademark your brand, or read the risks of not registering.
Filing from Bangalore has a few specifics worth knowing, and getting them right is the difference between a clean registration and an avoidable objection.
There is no trademark office in Bangalore itself. Applications from Karnataka fall under the jurisdiction of the Trade Marks Registry at Chennai. The whole process is online, so this does not slow you down, but it is why local knowledge of how that registry examines marks is useful when a report comes back.
The city’s businesses span software, deep tech, fintech, biotech, gaming, and D2C, and each needs different classes. A SaaS or app product usually needs Class 9 and Class 42. A fintech may add Class 36. A biotech or pharma brand needs Class 5. A D2C label might need Class 3, 25, or 30 depending on the product. Filing in the wrong class gives you a registration that does not actually protect what you sell. We map the classes to your real and planned business before filing.
If you hold a valid Udyam (MSME) registration or DPIIT startup recognition, which many Bangalore startups do, you qualify for the concessional government fee of ₹4,500 per class instead of ₹9,000. We confirm your eligibility so you claim it correctly.
Bangalore is where a lot of Indian fundraising happens, and clean IP is a standard diligence item. A registered or properly filed trademark, with IP assigned to the company, is something investors expect to see. Filing early keeps this off your list of things to fix under time pressure during a round.
Whatever stage your brand is at, here is what each step involves and what it covers.
Before you file, we search the register for identical and similar marks in your class, so you find conflicts now and not after the government fee is spent. The step most DIY filings skip.
A fresh TM-A application for your brand name, logo, or slogan, for an individual, proprietor, MSME, startup, LLP, or company. You can use the TM symbol from the day we file. See pricing below.
We advise whether to file the word, the logo, or both. A wordmark protects the name in any style; a logo mark protects the specific visual. Many brands need both.
There are 45 classes. We help you file in the ones that match your business, across several classes where a Bangalore tech or D2C brand needs wider protection.
If the examiner raises an objection under Section 9 or Section 11, we draft and file a reasoned reply within the deadline, and appear at the hearing if one is fixed.
Once your mark is advertised in the journal, a third party has four months to oppose it, and you may want to oppose someone else’s. We handle both sides.
A registered trademark lasts ten years and is renewable indefinitely. We track your renewal date so protection never lapses.
Ongoing monitoring for conflicting new filings, so you can oppose early rather than discover an infringer after they have grown.
Transparent, fixed pricing. Our professional fee is the same for every applicant; the government fee depends on your entity type, and it is charged per class. Your exact quote is confirmed in under two hours.
Professional fee ₹2,499 plus government fee ₹4,500 per class. Total from ₹6,999 per class. The ₹4,500 concessional rate needs a valid Udyam or DPIIT recognition, which we confirm before filing.
Professional fee ₹2,499 plus government fee ₹9,000 per class. Total from ₹11,499 per class, since the concessional rate does not apply to companies without MSME or startup recognition.
Every fee includes the clearance search, class advice, drafting and filing, and use of the TM symbol from filing. Objection replies, if any arise, are quoted separately and clearly. For a fuller breakdown across all entity types, see our trademark registration in India page.
From clearance search to registration, handled end to end.
We search the register for conflicting marks in your class before you spend on filing.
We confirm the right class for your business and prepare the application correctly.
We file with the registry. You can use the TM symbol from this point.
The examiner reviews the mark and may issue a report. We reply to any objection.
The mark is advertised in the Trade Marks Journal for a four-month opposition window.
If unopposed, the mark registers for ten years, renewable, and you can use the registered symbol.
Prakhar Rai | Founder and Attorney
Your filing is handled by a team led by Prakhar Rai, an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of India. A graduate of La Martiniere College, he holds an LL.B. and a Master of Business Laws from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, with specialization in Corporate, Banking, Intellectual Property, Finance, and Securities Laws.
Having studied law in Bangalore, Prakhar knows the city’s startup and business landscape first hand. My Legal Pal’s trademark practice is built to protect brands from the first search through registration and, where needed, objection and opposition.
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