The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on Friday said there is no legal prohibition on the use of KSRTC by it in the wake of the Madras High Court dismissing the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’s claim for exclusive use of the abbreviation.
In a statement, the Karnataka State RTC said they had applied for grant of Trade Mark Certificate for use of the KSRTC abbreviation. The Corporation was granted Trade Mark Certificates by the Trade Mark Registry of Government of India in 2013 with user date from November 1, 1973.
Copyright was also obtained from the Registrar of Copyrights, Government of India, for use of the KSRTC Logo and ‘Gandabherunda art’ (Logo of the State government), the Karnataka RTC said.