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Application for Search and certificate under section 45(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957.
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TM-C is filed when an applicant wants to apply for a Search certificate request under Rules 22(1) and 22(3) of Trademarks Rules, 2017.
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Once the application is submitted, the Copyright Office will search its records to determine whether any work similar to the work in question has been registered. If no such work has been registered, the Copyright Office will issue a certificate stating that fact.
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The fee prescribed for the request for the search and issue of a certificate under Rule 22(1) is INR 10,000 (physical filing) or INR 9,000 (E-filing) and in case of a request for an expedited search and issuance of a certificate under Rule 22 (3) physical filing is not allowed, however, the fees for E-filing is INR 30,000