What is MSME or Udyog Aadhar Registration and why is it required for Trademark Registration in India?

What is MSME Registration / Udyog Aadhar Registration?
To facilitate the growth of small, medium and micro enterprises, the government of India has come up with a voluntary registration known as the MSME Registration. After the advent of the Aadhar Card, this name was changed to Udyog Aadhar Registration.
Who can obtain this registration?
Any product manufacturing company or firm having plant and machinery investment lower than 10 Cr is eligible for this registration. For companies in the services sector, this criteria is set at 5 Cr investment in plant and machinery.
How to get this registration?
To register your company or firm for this certificate, you may visit the following link provided by the government of India. You may also contact us as we can do it for you along with the trademark registration application.

Link: https://udyogaadhaar.gov.in/

Why is it required for Trademark Registration in India?
As per the amendments in the Trademark Rules 2017, the new fee structure for filing of the application for trademark registration in India has been revised to the following:

For Individuals or Proprietorship Firms the fee remains at – Rs 4,500/- [Per Application Per Class]
For any type of Company [Partnership, Pvt Ltd, Ltd etc] – Rs 9,000/- [Per Application Per Class]

This is where Udyog Aadhar Registration comes into play.

For companies having Udyog Aadhar Registration – Rs 4,500/- [Per Application Per Class]

Thus, you can see that the Government Fee for Trademark Registration in India is set at half the price if the applicant is a company other than proprietorship firm, and is having the Udyog Aadhar Registration Certificate.

The idea behind this can be gauged as boosting the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises of the country to help them protect their rights to their brand names and the goodwill associates with it.

If the above has confused you even more, then please contact us by filling the form provided on our website or this link: www.sunbrio.com/trademark-registration