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mekara logo

mekara

AdvertisedAccepted & AdvertisedOwner
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mekara is a logo (device) trademark application, number 6932663, in class 4 (oils & fuels), filed on 30 Mar 2025. Its status on the Indian trademark register is “Accepted & Advertised”, last checked 14 Nov 2026.

Class4 — Oils & fuels
Filed30 Mar 2025
TypeLogo / device
Owner's stateKerala
Registry officeChennai
Use claimedProposed to be used
Goods & services

[CLASS : 4] Lubricants;Industrial grease;Industrial oil;Motor oil;Gear oil;Fuel oil / combustible oil;Hydrogen fuel;Lubricating grease;Oil-gas;Diesel oil / gas oil;Coal;Alcohol [fuel];Wax [raw material];Electrical energy;Petroleum jelly for industrial purposes;Petroleum, raw or refined;Candles* / tapers;Non-slipping preparations for belts;additives, non-chemical, to motor fuel;fuel

What is due
Accepted & advertised
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What this status means

The examiner accepted the application and it has been published in the Trade Marks Journal. Anyone can oppose it during the opposition period.

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Quick answers

What is the status of the mekara trademark?
Accepted & Advertised, as of 14 Nov 2026. The examiner accepted the application and it has been published in the Trade Marks Journal. Anyone can oppose it during the opposition period.
Which class is the mekara trademark in?
Class 4, Oils & fuels: Industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels (including motor spirit), illuminants, candles and wicks, wax.
Can the mekara trademark be opposed?
Yes. It was advertised in Trade Marks Journal No. 2280 on 28 Sep 2026; a notice of opposition (Form TM-O) can be filed until 28 Jan 2027. See Journal No. 2280

What to do about “Advertised”: 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.

Do it yourself · ipindiaonline.gov.in
Nothing to file. Watch the four-month window
Govt fee No feeDeadline Anyone may oppose within 4 months of the Journal date.
You need
  • Your application number and the Journal number/date from the publication details.
On the portal
  1. Check the status every few weeks on the register.
  2. If the status becomes 'Opposed', the counter-statement deadline (2 months) starts from when you receive the notice.
  3. If four months pass with no opposition, the registration certificate is issued and can be downloaded from the portal's documents.
Where people slip
  • Changing your address or email without recording it: opposition notices go to the address on record.
  • Assuming advertisement means registration; ® may only be used after the certificate.
Or let an expert handle it · Invorn
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₹999per year
  • Monitors the Journal and the status, and is ready with the counter-statement the day an opposition appears.
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.
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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Last checked against the register on 29 Oct, 10:05 am IST. Owner addresses are not published. About this data