Trademark – KALINGA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (KISS) got Registered

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences is one of the largest free private institute arranged in Bhubaneswar, Odisha for tribal people. It aims to give accommodation, food, education, health care, vocational training absolutely free to the under advantaged indigenous tribal children. The aim of this Institution is to eradicate poverty and empower the disadvantaged sections of the society by giving education, training, least necessities of life like food, accommodation, settlement free of cost to the tribal people. It has also got the recognition of first exclusive Tribal University in the world.

In this competitive market place where ranges of products and services are available, it becomes necessary for the owners of a Company, Organisation and Individuals to protect their brand name for their goods/services, and to distinguish themselves from those of their competitors. Such kind of protection can be accessed through trademark, which can be a word mark, logo, sign or symbol. Trademark registration gives the owner the exclusive right to use his products or services and also to protect his brand name from any infringement. It also creates good will for the products/services of the owner among the consumers, which works as an asset for the owner in commerce.

In India the registration of trademark is essential. Registration helps any business whether it is of an individual, organisation or society or others, in creating the brand image of their products or services.

As this Institute gives a social support to the tribal people and also aims to educate them and to preserve their culture, they felt that it is important to protect their name by registering their trademark in the name of KALINGA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (KISS). The trademark professionals of the Lex Protector International Law Office helped this social Institution in getting registration over their mark.

Lex Protector encourages and facilitates owners of an organisation or company in protecting their brand name or logo for their products or services through trademark registration.

First the trademark professionals of the Lex Protector conducted trademark search to find out the similar marks with client’s trademark. Though this Institution provides educational services Lex Protector applied for the registration of their trademark for the word mark, which is Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) before the trademark registry of India in class 41. After waiting for few days, objection was raised by the Registry. The trademark professionals of the Lex Protector Office had studied several cases and by applying well established principles set in various judgments, filed response to such objection. The registry accepted the response and published the trademark in trademark journal, for opposition by the third party. However no one has opposed the mark.

Finally, the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) got their trademark registered.  Subsequently registration certificate was issued by the Registry in November, 2017.  Presently Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has a registration over the mark, which gives them the monopoly to use the mark along with the authority to stop anyone else from using the mark. Kalinga Institute has also registered its trademark in class 16, as it educate its students, in the activity of preparation of book binding, book materials, artistic materials and related works. Furthermore the trademark professionals of the Lex Protector are always keeping watch on this trademark, to protect it from infringement and to keep it safe.