Master Session on Comprehensive Trademark Search Advisories: Section 9, Section 11, Common Law Searches, Search Strings and the TMO Portal: Register by Aug 14

About the Organisation

JurisGo is a legal training and professional development platform dedicated to equipping Indian law students and young legal professionals with practical, industry-ready legal skills that law schools rarely teach and law firms invariably expect.

The platform was conceived in response to a persistent pain point in the Indian legal ecosystem, the prolonged period of low or unpaid work faced by law students and junior lawyers, despite years of formal legal education. While traditional legal training remains largely theoretical, law firms and IP practices operate on skill-driven, workflow-based models, creating a significant gap between education and employability.

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JurisGo bridges this gap by offering live, online, practical training sessions focused on real-world legal documentation, drafting standards, and case-handling workflows actually used in active practice, from intellectual property clearance work to litigation support. The training is complemented by dedicated placement assistance, aimed at helping learners access professional and remote legal opportunities.

In addition, JurisGo offers certificate-based courses delivered by practising attorneys and experienced professionals, providing learners with credible validation of their skills.

The platform is committed to skill-based learning, professional ethics, and career readiness, enabling Indian law students and professionals to move beyond low-paying entry-level roles and build sustainable, high-value legal careers.

About the Opportunity

Every trademark filing begins with a single question: is this mark available, and is it defensible? The answer to that question is a trademark search advisory and it is one of the most billable, most respected, and most frequently outsourced deliverables in Indian IP practice.

Yet most law students encounter Section 9 and Section 11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 only as bare provisions to be reproduced in an examination answer. They are almost never taught what these sections actually are in practice: the two filters through which every single search result must be passed before a lawyer can tell a client to invest a brand, a budget, and a business identity into a mark.

A weak search leads to an examination report, an opposition, a rectification petition, or worse, a rebranding exercise after the client has already printed packaging. A strong, structured, well-documented search advisory prevents all of it.

JurisGo is organising a Free Master Session to take participants through the complete trademark search workflow, exactly as it is performed in practice, from the first search string to the final signed opinion.

This Master Session will focus on:

• Section 9 – Absolute Grounds: the distinctiveness spectrum from generic to fanciful, descriptive and laudatory marks, marks indicating kind, quality, quantity or geographical origin, deceptive and scandalous marks, and how acquired distinctiveness under the proviso can rescue an otherwise weak mark
• Section 11 – Relative Grounds: identity and deceptive similarity, similarity of goods and services, likelihood of confusion and likelihood of association, cross-class conflicts under the NICE Classification, and the special protection available to well-known marks
• Common Law Searches: why the Register is only half the picture, prior user rights under Section 34, passing off exposure, and how to search MCA/ROC records, domain and WHOIS databases, GST listings, e-commerce marketplaces, app stores, social media handles and trade directories
• Search Strings: the real craft of the search, Boolean logic, wildcards and truncation, prefix–suffix variation, vowel substitution, phonetic and transliteration equivalents, splitting composite and device marks, and building a search string matrix that survives scrutiny
• The TMO Website: live, screen-shared navigation of the Trade Marks Registry portal, Wordmark search using Start With, Contains and Match With, Phonetic search, Vienna Code search for device marks, Public Search, the Trade Marks Journal, status tracking and the e-Register
• Converting research into advice: structuring the search report, risk grading marks as High, Medium or Low, framing recommendations, drafting protective disclaimers, and communicating an adverse finding to a client who is already in love with the name

This session is intended for those who want to move from knowing the sections to actually applying them.

Why This Session Matters

In active IP practice, trademark search work directly determines:

• Whether a filing proceeds smoothly or attracts an objection under Section 9 or Section 11
• Whether a client’s brand survives an opposition after publication in the Journal
• Whether a prior common law user can dislodge a registered proprietor
• Whether a business is advised to file, modify the mark, or abandon it entirely

These are decisions with commercial consequences, and they are made on the strength of a document that a well-trained junior can be entrusted to prepare.

Trademark search and clearance skills are directly valued across:

• IP boutiques and full-service law firms, where clearance searches are a standing, recurring workflow
• In-house legal and brand protection teams at companies launching products, sub-brands and campaigns
• Legal process and IP support organisations, where search and watch services are a core service line
• Independent practice, where a search advisory is often the first paid engagement a young lawyer signs

It is a skill that is asked for in interviews, tested in internships, and used from the very first week on the job.

This Master Session is designed to build exactly that skill.

Theme

Comprehensive Trademark Search Advisories: Applying Section 9 and Section 11, Conducting Common Law Searches, Constructing Search Strings, and Navigating the TMO Portal

Eligibility

The Master Session is open to:

• Law students (all years)
• Law graduates
• Junior advocates and IP associates
• Company secretaries, trademark agents and IP support professionals
• Entrepreneurs and founders seeking clarity on protecting their brand

No prior experience in intellectual property practice is required. The session begins from first principles and builds up to live searching.

Registration Fee

Free of Cost: This Master Session is offered as an open educational initiative to promote practical understanding of trademark clearance practice.

Important Dates

• Date: 15th August 2026
• Time: 8:00 PM (IST)
• Mode: Online
• Last Date to Register: 14th August 2026

Registration Process

Click Here to Register.

The session link will be shared with registered participants prior to the session.

Trademark law rewards the practitioner who searches thoroughly and advises precisely. Anyone can look up a mark; very few can read a search result correctly, weigh it against Sections 9 and 11, test it in the common law space, and put their name to an opinion. That is the difference this session is built to create.

Seats are limited to maintain clarity and interaction. Early registration is advised.

Contact Information

For queries or additional information, please contact:

Email: [email protected]