Trademark registration in Mumbai is done online with IP India, and the file is processed by the Trade Marks Registry's Mumbai office at Antop Hill, which handles every applicant whose principal place of business is in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh or Goa. The official fee is the same as anywhere in India: ₹4,500 a class online for individuals, startups and small enterprises, and ₹9,000 a class for other applicants.
Which Trade Marks Registry office handles a Mumbai application?
The Mumbai office does, if your principal place of business in India is in Maharashtra. IP India's jurisdiction table gives the Mumbai office Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa, and the office is fixed by the address you give in the application (section 18(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1999 and rule 4 of the Trade Marks Rules 2017).
A few situations come up often for Mumbai businesses:
- Joint applicants. The principal place of business of the applicant named first decides the office (rule 4). Two founders, one in Bandra and one in Delhi, keep the file in Mumbai if the Bandra founder is listed first.
- NRIs and foreign companies. An applicant with no place of business in India is placed by its address for service in India (proviso to section 18(3)), so a Mumbai address for service brings the file to the Mumbai office.
- Moving later. A change of principal place of business or address for service after filing does not move the file (rule 5). A brand filed from an office in Malad stays with Mumbai even if the business later shifts to Pune or Bengaluru.
- Opposing someone else. A notice of opposition goes to the office that handles the opposed application (rule 4). A Mumbai company opposing a mark filed by a Chennai business files with the Chennai office.
Where is the Trade Marks Registry in Mumbai, and do you need to visit it?
IP India lists its Mumbai Patent and Trade Marks Office at Bouddhik Sampada Bhawan, on S. M. Road at Antop Hill (Mumbai 400037). Most owners never need to go there, because applications, replies and renewals are filed online and hearings can be held by video conference.
Rule 115 lets the Registrar hold a hearing through video conferencing, and such a hearing counts as held at the appropriate office. IP India publishes show cause and opposition hearing cause lists and links to its virtual hearing rooms on its website, so a Mumbai applicant can follow a hearing date without visiting Antop Hill. For filing problems, IP India's trademark helpline is 1800-110-989, from 10 AM to 6 PM except government holidays.
Maharashtra stamp duty on a trademark power of attorney
If an advocate or trademark agent files for you, you sign an authorisation in their favour, which section 145 and rule 19 require. IP India's state-wise table lists the stamp duty on a power of attorney in Maharashtra as ₹500, under Article 48 of Schedule I to the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958.
The authorisation is one of the documents IP India's filing steps list for an application filed through someone else. A Mumbai proprietor who files the application personally, with a digital signature, does not need one.
Is a company name approved by ROC Mumbai a trademark?
No. Since 16 February 2026, companies and LLPs with a registered office in Mumbai City or Mumbai Suburban come under ROC Mumbai-I, while Thane, Palghar and Raigad, including Navi Mumbai, come under ROC Mumbai-II. A name approved under company law gives no rights under the Trade Marks Act.
The exclusive right to a brand comes only from registering it as a trademark (section 28), and no one can sue for infringement of an unregistered mark (section 27(1)). The risk also runs the other way. If someone else has registered the mark, using it as your company or business name for the same goods or services infringes their registration (section 29(5)). Before you reserve a company name for a new private limited company in Mumbai, search the trademark register in the classes you will trade in.
Worked example: fees for a Mumbai food brand
A cloud kitchen in Andheri that also sells its own packaged masalas needs Class 43 for the kitchen and Class 30 for the masalas. Two classes cost ₹9,000 online at the lower rate and ₹18,000 at the standard rate.
Example. Saffron Lane Foods LLP (a made-up firm) runs a cloud kitchen in Andheri and sells packaged masalas through grocery shops in Dadar. The Trademark Class Finder places the kitchen in Class 43 and spices in Class 30. Because the LLP's principal place of business is in Andheri, its application goes to the Mumbai office. If the LLP is a DPIIT-recognised startup, the government fee is 2 × ₹4,500 = ₹9,000 online. If it is neither a recognised startup nor a small enterprise, it pays 2 × ₹9,000 = ₹18,000.
The lower rate needs a certificate with the application. A startup qualifies through DPIIT recognition (see Startup India registration in Mumbai). A small enterprise qualifies by reference to the investment limits in the MSMED Act (see Udyam registration in Mumbai).
How do objections and hearings work at the Mumbai office?
The Mumbai office examines the application and, if it objects, sends an examination report. Your reply is due within one month of receiving it. If the examiner is not satisfied, the Mumbai office fixes a show cause hearing, which you or your advocate can attend by video conference.
Common objections for Mumbai brands are the same as everywhere in India: names that describe the product, and names close to an earlier mark for similar goods. A trading firm in Masjid that files a plain descriptive word for its goods should expect a section 9 objection. A café in Bandra named like an existing restaurant chain should expect a section 11 citation. For the national picture on documents, process and timelines, see trademark registration in India.
Practical points for Mumbai and Maharashtra applicants
The Registry's office only decides who processes your file. The fee, the rules and the protection are the same whichever office you deal with.
- Give the address of your real principal place of business in Maharashtra, not a relative's home in another state. It fixes the office and appears on the register (rule 53(2)).
- Use an email address you check. The Registry serves documents by post or email to your address for service (rule 18), and a missed examination report still starts the one-month clock.
- Keep the stamped power of attorney and your evidence of use (invoices from your Mumbai shop, menus, packaging) together. You may need them for a reply or an opposition.
How Ofin's Mumbai team handles trademark registration
Ofin's team works from Shanti Bhuvan, near Mulund railway station in Mulund West, and files for businesses across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai, 100% online. It runs a free search report, settles the classes, prepares Form TM-A and the authorisation, and files with the Mumbai office. Fees start at ₹6,999 for one class, government fee included.
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