What words are prohibited to be registered as a trade mark in India?
Prohibited marks are those words, symbols, signs, graphic representations, and logos that are barred by law from being registered for protection. The Indian Trade Mark Office has published a list of words that cannot be registered as a brand by a business owner owing to their everyday use, religious significance, historical significance, and necessary use of the terminology, amongst others.
The trade marks that cannot be registered under any circumstances in India are:
The trade marks that cannot be registered under any circumstances in India are:
- 2, 4, D
- 2, 4, 5-T
- ALDRIN
- ALLETHRIN.
- ANIZPHOS-METHYL
- ANTU
- ASOKA CHAKRA
- ATRATON
- AZINPHOS-ETHYL
- BALAJI
- BHC
- CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
- CHLORBENSIDE
- CHLORDANE
- CHLORFENSON
- CHLOROBENZILATE
- CHLORPROPHAM
- D-T
- DAZOMET
- DHARMA CHAKRA
- DIAZINON
- DIELDRIN
- DIMETHOATE
- DINEX
- DINOPROP
- DINOSAM
- DNC
- DNOC
- ENDRIN
- FENOPROP
- FENSON
- FENTHION
- FERBAM
- GAMMA-BHC
- GANDHI
- GURU AMAR DAS
- GURU ANGAD
- GURU ARJAN DEV
- GURU GOBIND SINGH
- GURU HARKRISHAN
- GURU HAR RAI
- GURU HARGOBIND
- GURU NANAK
- GURU RAM DAS
- GURU TEGH BAHADUR
- HEPTACHLOR
- HETHOXYCHLOR
- HHDN
- ICS
- INTERPOL
- IR
- ISI
- ISO
- LINDANE
- LORD BUDDHA
- LORD VENKATESWARA
- MAHATMA GANDHI
- MALATHION
- MAZIDOX
- MCPA
- MECARBAM
- MEVIPHOS
- MIPAFOX
- MORPHOTHION
- NATIONAL
- NCL
- NEHRU
- NEOD
- NPL
- PANCHSHEEL
- PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
- PARAQUAT
- PARATHION
- PP-DDT
- PROPHAM
- SCHRADAN
- SHIVAJI
- SHREE SAI BABA
- SRI RAMKRISHNA
- SRI SARDA DEVI
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
- THE HOLY MOTHER
- THIRAM
- TOXAPHENE
- UNESCO
- UNITED NATIONS
- UNO
- VENKATESWARA
- WARFARIN
- WHO
- WIPO
- ZINEB