What is the status of the PREP trademark?

Registered (Registry note: Renewal of trademark is due. Renewal request in prescribed form is to be filed by the applicant.), as of 15 Nov 2026. The 10-year registration expires within the next 12 months.

Which class is the PREP trademark in?

Class 3, Cosmetics & cleaning: Non-medicated cosmetics and toiletries, perfumes and essential oils, toothpaste, soaps and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, incense.

When does the PREP trademark expire?

The registration is valid until 24 Dec 2026. It can be renewed (Form TM-R, ₹9,000 per class) up to a year before that date, or within 6 months after with a surcharge.

Trademark · Application 587349

PREP

Renewal dueRegisteredOwner

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PREP is a word trademark application, number 587349, in class 3 (cosmetics & cleaning), filed on 24 Dec 1992. Its status on the Indian trademark register is “Registered”, last checked 15 Nov 2026.

Class3 — Cosmetics & cleaning

Filed24 Dec 1992

Valid until24 Dec 2026

TypeWord

Owner's stateMaharashtra

Registry officeMumbai

Use claimedProposed to be used

Goods & services

[CLASS : 3] COSMETICS AND NON-MEDICATED TOILET PREPARATIONS INCLUDING CREAMS, BALMS, OINTMENTS, GELS, LOTIONS, SHAVING CREAMS, ANTIPERSPIRANTS AND PERSONAL DEODORANTS.

What is due

Renewal of trademark is due

Trademark renewal₹1,449 + govt fee

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What this status means

The 10-year registration expires within the next 12 months.

Registry note: “Renewal of trademark is due. Renewal request in prescribed form is to be filed by the applicant.”

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Quick answers

What is the status of the PREP trademark?: Registered (Registry note: Renewal of trademark is due. Renewal request in prescribed form is to be filed by the applicant.), as of 15 Nov 2026. The 10-year registration expires within the next 12 months.
Which class is the PREP trademark in?: Class 3, Cosmetics & cleaning: Non-medicated cosmetics and toiletries, perfumes and essential oils, toothpaste, soaps and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, incense.
When does the PREP trademark expire?: The registration is valid until 24 Dec 2026. It can be renewed (Form TM-R, ₹9,000 per class) up to a year before that date, or within 6 months after with a surcharge.

What to do about “Renewal due”: yourself, or with an expert

The government fee is the same either way. Here is exactly what the portal asks for, and what an expert would do differently.

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File the renewal

Form TM-RGovt fee ₹9,000 per classDeadline Before the expiry date (filing opens one year before).

You need

Class 3 DSC of the applicant (or authorised signatory) and your portal login.
Registration number and the proprietor's current name and address (as on the register).

On the portal

Log in → Comprehensive e-Filing → Form TM-R → Renewal; enter the registration number.
Confirm the proprietor details and the classes being renewed; for old multi-class registrations the fee is per class.
Sign with the DSC, pay, download the acknowledgement. The renewed status appears after processing.

Where people slip

Proprietor name or address changed but not recorded: file TM-P first or the renewal may be queried.
Renewing in the wrong classes or missing a class.

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Or let an expert handle it · Invorn

Trademark renewal

₹1,449+ govt fee

Checks the register entry, records any change first, files the renewal and confirms it shows on the register.

Free consultation first. Pay only after it, and if you are not happy before anything is filed, the fee is refunded. Filed by a Registered Trade Marks Agent.

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Should you file yourself or use an expert?Six honest differences, and when DIY is fine

YourselfWith an expert

Search and the go/no-go callYourself: The free search here finds spelling and sound-alikes. Logos, related classes and prefixes/suffixes need a manual look, and the call on 'file or change the name' is yours.Expert: Checks devices and related classes too, and tells you before you pay the fee whether to file, tweak the name, or pick another class. A refused filing costs the full government fee.

Class and the goods/services wordingYourself: The description cannot be widened after filing. Too narrow leaves gaps; too broad invites objections and oppositions. Wrong class means filing again and paying again.Expert: Writes the specification to cover what you sell now and will sell, in the classes that matter, in the wording examiners accept.

Fee category and proofYourself: Filing as a startup or MSME without the certificate draws a deficit-fee notice and delays examination.Expert: Gets the Udyam or startup proof in order first so the ₹4,500 fee holds.

Examination report (about 4 in 10 applications get one)Yourself: The reply is a legal argument: why the mark is distinctive (Section 9) or not confusingly similar to the marks cited (Section 11), with evidence and case references. 30 days, no extension to count on. A weak reply leads to a hearing or refusal.Expert: Drafts the reply to each objection with precedent and your evidence of use; knows when a consent letter or a small change saves the application.

Hearings and oppositionsYourself: Hearings are argued live (video). Oppositions run through pleadings and two evidence rounds with 2-month deadlines; one missed step and the application is abandoned.Expert: Appears for you, files on time, and advises whether to fight, settle or withdraw before more money goes in.

Deadlines over the 12 to 24 monthsYourself: You watch the status yourself: reply in 30 days, opposition window 4 months, counter-statement 2 months, renewal every 10 years. Most dead applications died of a missed date, not a bad mark.Expert: Tracks every date and tells you only when something needs a decision.

Doing it yourself is reasonable when

It is a plain word mark (no logo) in one class.
The search shows no identical or sound-alike live mark in that class.
You have, or will get, a Class 3 DSC and are comfortable with online forms.
You can describe your goods or services precisely and will check the status every month for a year or two.

What it costs either way

Government fee: the same whoever files (₹4,500 or ₹9,000 per class).
Yourself: plus a DSC (about ₹1,000 to ₹1,500) and your time.
With Invorn: a professional fee on top of the government fee, shown on the fee table. Free consultation first; if you are not happy before the application is submitted, the fee is refunded.

Invorn: search + filing from ₹1,299 + govt fee · objection reply ₹1,949 (no govt fee). Full fee table.

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