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The Trade Mark Rules, 2017 provide a formal mechanism to declare a trademark as "well-known." Rule 124 states provisions relating to determination of Well-Known Trademark by Registrar as follows:- (1) Any person may, on an application in Form TM-M and after payment of fee as mentioned in First schedule, request the Registrar for determination of a trademark as well-known. Such request shall be accompanied by a statement of case along with all the evidence and documents relied by the applicant in support of his claim. (2) The Registrar shall, while determining the trademark as well-known take in to account the provisions of sub section (6) to (9) of section 11. (3) For the purpose of determination, the Registrar may call such documents as he thinks fit. (4) Before determining a trademark as well-known, the Registrar may invite objections from the general public to be filed within thirty days from the date of invitation of such objection. (5) In case the trademark is determined as well-known, the same shall be published in the trademark Journal and included in the list of well-known trademarks maintained by the Registrar. (6) The Registrar may, at any time, if it is found that a trademark has been erroneously or inadvertently included or is no longer justified to be in the list of well-known trademarks, remove the same from the list after providing due opportunity of hearing to the concerned party.