Copyright / Trademark Infringement Notice

What this is

Send a legal notice to a person or business that is using your brand name, logo, packaging, or a mark deceptively similar to yours, or copying your creative work, software, designs, photographs, course material or content without permission. It is for brand owners, creators, startups and businesses, whether or not your mark is registered. Our panel advocate drafts, reviews and signs the notice on letterhead and it is sent to the infringer by email and WhatsApp, with tracked speed post if you choose it.

What you get

An infringement notice under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and or the Copyright Act, 1957, drafted and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead, identifying your rights and their basis, the infringing use with evidence, and the demands you choose: immediate cessation, withdrawal or destruction of infringing material, a written undertaking, an account of sales and damages, and costs, within a fixed time. Sent to the infringer by email and WhatsApp. Optional tracked speed post (+₹79) adds the dispatch receipt, tracking ID and delivery acknowledgement. Includes a short note on the civil suit, interim injunction, platform takedown and criminal complaint options if the notice is ignored.

How it works

1. 1Upload proof of your rights and the copyingYour registration certificate or proof of first use, samples of your mark or work, and screenshots or photographs of the infringing use. We read them and pre-fill the registration details and dates for you to confirm.
2. 2Describe the infringementWho is doing it, where, since when, and what products or services are involved.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsOwnership and licences, any earlier dealings with the infringer, whether they hold a registration too, evidence of confusion, and what you want.
4. 4PayPay the fee. Tracked speed post is optional.
5. 5Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate assesses the strength of the claim, drafts the notice and signs it on letterhead.
6. 6Notice is sentThe notice goes to the infringer by email and WhatsApp, and by speed post if chosen. You receive your copy and the next-steps note.

What to have ready

• Evidence of the infringing useScreenshots with URL and date, photographs of products or packaging, invoices of infringing goods, advertisements.
• Trade mark registration certificate or application (if you have it)Carries the number, class, date and owner.
• Your mark or work (if you have it)Logo, packaging, the original work, or a representative sample.
• Proof of first use or creation (if you have it)Earliest invoices, advertisements, domain registration, publication, dated drafts or files.
• Assignment, licence or contract showing ownership (if you have it)If the work was created by someone else or the mark was acquired.
• Copyright registration certificate (if you have it)If any.
• Evidence of confusion or loss (if you have it)Misdirected enquiries, complaints, sales data.
• Earlier notices, complaints or replies (if you have it)If any.
• Your account statement or sales figures (if you have it)Helps calculate the loss properly.

What this is based on

• Copyright Act 1957 (1957)
• Limitation Act 1963 (1963)
• Trade Marks Act 1999 (1999)
• Designs Act 2000 (2000)
• Patents Act 1970 — S.60 groundless-threat defence applies. (1970)