New Delhi: The Tatas are facing 'objection' in registering 'Vistara' trademark for their aviation joint venture with Singapore Airlines which began operations last month.
Vistara is the brand name for Tata SIA Airlines, where Tata Sons hold a 51 per cent stake and the remaining 49 per cent is with Singapore Airlines. It started commercial flight operations as a full service carrier on January 9, while the application for 'Vistara' trademark was filed on June 2, 2014.
After examining the application, Registrar of Trade Marks, Delhi, said it is "liable to be refused".
The status of the application shows "objected" in the latest publicly available update from the Controller General of Patents Design & Trade Marks.
When contacted, a Vistara spokesperson said it would be not be possible to comment on when the 'Vistara' trademark would be registered.
In its communication to the company on January 12, the Registrar of Trade Marks had said the 'Vistara' trade mark application "is open to objection on relative grounds of refusal under... of the Act because the same/similar trade mark(s) is/are already on the record of the register for the same or similar goods/services".
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Vistara is the brand name for Tata SIA Airlines, where Tata Sons hold a 51 per cent stake and the remaining 49 per cent is with Singapore Airlines. It started commercial flight operations as a full service carrier on January 9, while the application for 'Vistara' trademark was filed on June 2, 2014.
After examining the application, Registrar of Trade Marks, Delhi, said it is "liable to be refused".
The status of the application shows "objected" in the latest publicly available update from the Controller General of Patents Design & Trade Marks.
When contacted, a Vistara spokesperson said it would be not be possible to comment on when the 'Vistara' trademark would be registered.
In its communication to the company on January 12, the Registrar of Trade Marks had said the 'Vistara' trade mark application "is open to objection on relative grounds of refusal under... of the Act because the same/similar trade mark(s) is/are already on the record of the register for the same or similar goods/services".
15/02/15 PTI/NDTV
