Can You Own A Military Op Name? Reliance, Ex-iaf Officer Among 4 In Race To Claim 'operation Sindoor' Trademark

Just hours aft India's cross-border subject onslaught dubbed "Operation Sindoor" was announced, Reliance Industries Limited became nan first to record for a trademark connected nan name, according to a study by Bar and Bench.

Apart from Reliance, 3 different individuals, including a retired Air Force serviceman and a Delhi-based lawyer, had submitted akin applications, each aiming to declare exclusive authorities nether Class 41, nan class for entertainment, education, and media services.

According to nan Bar and Bench, betwixt 10:42 AM and 6:27 PM connected May 7, 2025, nan pursuing entities submitted trademark applications:

• Reliance Industries Limited

• Mukesh Chetram Agrawal, Mumbai-based resident

• Group Captain Kamal Singh Oberh (Retd.), Indian Air Force

• Alok Kothari, Delhi-based lawyer

Each applicant marked their filing arsenic “proposed to beryllium used,” indicating early plans to deploy nan word for commercialized ventures. All 4 applied nether Class 41 of nan Nice Classification, which covers:

• Education and training services

• Film and media production

• Digital publishing and OTT content

• Cultural and sporting events

One important point to statement present is that subject cognition names successful India are not automatically safeguarded arsenic intelligence property. The Ministry of Defence does not typically registry aliases restrict nan commercialized usage of these names, leaving them unfastened for backstage trademark claims.

However, nan Trade Marks Act, 1999 does let nan registry to cull applications if:

• The word is misleading, offensive, aliases contrary to nationalist argumentation (Section 9)

• It falsely implies an relation pinch nan authorities aliases nationalist defence (Section 11)

Unless challenged, however, specified marks tin proceed done nan modular trademark registration process.

Operation Sindoor: India’s largest cross-border onslaught since Balakot

In nan early hours of Wednesday, India carried retired its astir extended cross-border cognition since Balakot, striking 9 high-value panic sites crossed Pakistan and PoK. The full mission, codenamed Operation Sindoor, was executed successful conscionable 25 minutes, and progressive a multi-domain violative utilizing air, naval, and ground-based assets.

The strikes were launched nether nan screen of darkness, pinch Indian intelligence having vetted nan locations based connected confirmed violent activity and infrastructure.

According to apical authorities sources, 100 terrorists affiliated pinch banned outfits, JeM, LeT, and Hizbul Mujahideen, were killed successful nan attack. The strikes were "measured, precise, and intelligence-driven," nan authorities said successful a briefing pursuing nan operation.

Published on: May 8, 2025 1:27 PM IST