Trademark Hearing

A Trademark Show Cause Hearing is an oral proceeding scheduled by the Trade Marks Registry under Section 18(4) or Section 21 of the Trade Marks Act when the Hearing Officer is not fully satisfied with your written objection reply and requires oral arguments and documentary proof to decide whether to accept or refuse the mark.

Under modern IP India procedures, trademark hearings are conducted digitally via Video Conferencing (Cisco Webex). Your appointed Trademark Attorney appears online before the Assistant Registrar / Hearing Officer from our office, eliminating travel hassles.

If neither the applicant nor their authorized attorney appears at the hearing, the Hearing Officer will mark the application as 'Abandoned for Non-Prosecution' or pass an ex-parte 'Refusal Order' under Rule 33(4). TaxQue ensures 100% representation at all scheduled hearings.

Your hearing is argued by a Senior Trademark Advocate and Registered IP Attorney with extensive courtroom experience before the Trade Marks Registry. We prepare an exhaustive Hearing Brief with relevant High Court case laws and evidentiary binders.

Our attorney submits: (1) Written Submissions and Summary of Arguments, (2) User Affidavit with historical invoices and brand turnover, (3) Visual comparison chart establishing dissimilarity from cited marks, (4) Landmark High Court/Supreme Court judicial citations, and (5) Power of Attorney (Form TM-48).