The government today said it will issue a public notice by next week to reconstruct 44,000 missing files from the trademarks office. The files will be reconstructed as per an undertaking given by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks to the Delhi High Court which had issued directives in this regard.
These files are related to registration of trademarks.
“We have undertaken in the court that we will reconstruct this (missing files) with the help of registered owners of the trademark. I will issue a public notice next week,” Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks P H Kurian told PTI.
Kurian said his department is undertaking serious measures to ensure such incidents do not recur.
“We are doing so many exercises together so that this will not be repeated. I want to do it meticulously,” he added.