Privacy Policy

What we collect, and why

Filing a trademark application requires a fixed, limited set of information — we don't ask for anything beyond what the Registry filing itself requires. Depending on whether you're filing as an individual or a company, that's typically:

• Contact details — name, email, phone number
• The mark or logo itself, and a description of the goods or services it covers
• For companies: incorporation certificate and authorized signatory details. For individuals: government ID proof (a passport, for applicants outside India)
• A Power of Attorney (POA) authorizing us to act before the Registry — digitally signed; notarization isn't required
• For prior-user claims specifically: supporting evidence of use (invoices, publications, marketing material) and a notarized user affidavit

Notably, none of this is financial or highly sensitive data — we don't ask for bank details or revenue figures to file a trademark application. The entire process runs over email, WhatsApp, and calls; no physical meeting or document handover is ever required.

This site's tools — the cost calculator and the Nice Classification finder — run entirely in your browser on sample data and don't transmit or store anything you type into them. Personal data is only collected once you actually get in touch to start a filing.

Your rights under the DPDPA, 2023

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) governs how personal data is collected, used, and protected by anyone processing it in connection with services offered in India. As a data principal under the Act, you're generally entitled to know what personal data of yours is held and why, to have it corrected or, where the purpose it was collected for no longer applies, to have it erased, and to raise a grievance about how it's been handled. The Act and its rules are still being operationalized in India, so the exact procedural mechanics — timelines, forms, and the designated consent-management framework — are worth confirming against the current rules in force rather than relying solely on this page.

To ask about the data we hold on you, request a correction or deletion, or raise any other concern about how your information has been handled, contact us directly at hello@nishaanwise.com. We respond to every request personally rather than through an automated ticketing system.

Confidentiality beyond the DPDPA

Separately from statutory data-protection law, every filing is handled by a named, licensed advocate — which carries its own, independent confidentiality protections that a data-protection statute alone doesn't provide. Advocates enrolled with a Bar Council are bound by a professional duty of confidentiality as a condition of practicing law, and communications made to an advocate for the purpose of getting legal advice are generally privileged under Indian evidence law. See our explainers on attorney-client privilege and why it matters and what recourse you have with an advocate for how that compares to an unregulated filing platform.

Who we share data with

Information you provide is used to prosecute your trademark application before the Trade Marks Registry and shared only as needed for that purpose — principally with the Registry itself as part of filing and prosecution. We don't sell personal data, and we don't share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

This is general information, not a substitute for legal advice about a specific data-protection question. This policy may be updated as the DPDPA's implementing rules are finalized.