​How many cups of coffee and scribbles on a paper did it take for you to zero-in to design your logo? A dozen, right? If you don’t register your trademark, then someone else can. It is universally accepted that a unique brand and logo is the most valuable asset for the entity as customers can swiftly recognise your product or services among competitor’s products. It has become very important to protect your brand name and logo from misuse or duplication by others. Registration of a trademark confers a number of advantages over the use of an unregistered Brand name and Logo.

• Name : A name including personal or surname of the applicant or predecessor in business or the signature of the person e.g, the name Narender Modi can be trademarked.
• Word : A word which is not being directly descriptive of the character or quality of the goods / service. For example Google is a word which has been trademarked.
• Numbers : Alphanumeric or Letters or numerals or any combination thereof. For example 555 brand.
• Images : Image, symbol, monograms, 3-dimensional shapes, letters etc. For example the tick in Nike logo.
• Sound : ​Sound marks in audio format. For ex the sound in the ad jingle

Except these, the other things which can be trademarked are an invented word or any arbitrary dictionary word or words, letters or numerals, devices which may include fancy devices or symbols, monograms, a combination of colors or a single color in combination with a word or device, the shape of goods or their packaging, 3- dimensional sign, slogans and phrase, logo, graphic content, etc.

​RERA is an act for regulation and promotion of the real estate sector to ensure the sale of apartment, plot or building in an efficient and transparent manner. The Act aims to protect the interest of consumers. It was enacted by the Parliament in May 2016 and the Act has come into force with all its 92 sections from 1st May, 2017 across India. So far, 14 states and union territories such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have notified their rules with RERA and the others are expected to follow suit.

The implementation of RERA is expected to bring relief to the homebuyers as builders will be accountable for the timely delivery of the projects and to protect buyers from fraud sellers. The developers would also gain from the increased confidence of the consumers in a regulated environment.

It is mandatory for the developers to get RERA registration & all approvals from various government agencies before launching a project and disclose all the information on the website that the respective state RERA regulatory authority will set up.

Real estate agents will be provided a rera registration number by the regulator which they have to mention in every property sale. This will help in eliminating the possibility of misleading the purchaser. The authority has wide ranging powers to impose penalties and imprisonment of agents in case of violation of law.

All commercial and residential real estate projects will have to register except in projects where:

• The promoter has received completion certificate of the project prior to commencement of Act
• The area of land proposed to be developed does not exceed 500 sq. mt
• The number of apartments is not more than 8
• Any repair or renovation of an existing building or structure that does not require marketing, advertising and selling of any apartment or plot

Following documents should be enclosed in hardcopy with the application:

• PAN Card of the builder
• ITR of last 3 years and the balance sheet of the builder
• Builder must clarify about the apartment (carpet area, number of floors, parking space)
• Declaration by the builder of having legal title of the land with proof
• Details of the land (rights, title, mortgage)
• If the builder is not the owner of the land, the consent letter of the actual owner with documents will be required
• Details of the project (location, sanctioned plan, layout plan)
• Ownership documents (proforma of allotment letter, agreement of sale)
• Information of the persons involved (Architects, Engineers and others)

​Enterslice is a leading platform which provides all type of legal compliance services in all over India and in more than 22 countries. You just have to go through the link below mentioned steps in order to get your RERA registration in India: ​https://enterslice.com/rera-registration