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Referring to silent partner, you are possibly asking for partnership firm. Silent partner is who does not participate in regular or say day-to-day operations of business. Such partners may be added for the purpose of capital or name lending.

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Yes you can certainly do this. For two different logos, you will be required to file two different applications in concerned class(es).

Registering two logos with full name or short name or taglines is used to address different purpose and at different place.

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The status ‘reserved’ means that the name is allotted for an LLP but the LLP is not incorporated yet. The name may be allotted to you or other applicant.

If the name is allotted to you, you may have received the Name Allotment Letter on e-mail id associated with login from which the application was made. You can also check the status of your application using ‘Track SRN’ option from MCA services.

You need to register for a trademark of the business name. Although company or domain registration provides unique name, none extend the protection from unauthorised use by others.

Here is when trademark registration comes to rescue. Upon TM registration, the owner is entitled to stop others from using the trademark without his consent or approval.

To register a trademark in India, you need to first check the availability of the name to know if the mark is already owned or applied by others.

To start a company, you need to hire a professional, who take care of the registration process with the certification of documents and application.

Starting a company is relatively simpler than previous period. The registration can now be obtained in 4 simple steps.

On multiple stages, different documents are required to be submitted, which are:

The cost of registration includes both fee paid to Government and professional fee.

The process will be same for name reservation. File web form “RUN” with the same name. You can also attach the name approval letter to support easy approval.

Another option: Name reservation application in RUN costs Rs 1000 as Government fee. Therefore, to save the cost, you can directly apply the name in SPICe (form for company incorporation). Since name was once approved, the chances are to get it approved easily on 2nd application (attach name approval letter). Hence, this option is viable and cost effective for the 2nd application.

Merely a photo with a trademarked or copyrighted content does not amount to infringement. It depends on how you utilise the image. If it is just an image - no commercial strings attached, you are fine to go.

The infringement comes in the picture when you are trying to connect the protected content with yourself or product or service in any manner that deceive the consumers or third party.

Understand this with an example -

I think this question popped at the correct time. I believe every startup owner has his/her own journey to talk for. Yesterday, in one of my blogs with PayUMoney, I have shared 5 focus points for every entrepreneur, which I derived from my experience as a startup owner. Here is the gist of blog:

Yes apart from your business formation, you need to obtain register your business and activity with local municipal Government - Shop & Establishment Registration and Professional Tax, as applicable.

To mention, the Shop & Establishment registration in Maharashtra is applicable if more than 10 persons are employed.

So, first, check the requirements and applicability and then proceed for the registrations.

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