↗️ *HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY* COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 650 OF 2022 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha v. The Registrar of Trade Marks PRONOUNCED ON : 13th JUNE 2025 https://www.instagram.com/latestlawyers?igsh=c3A2aG52ZG03YXNl *Registrar of Trademarks must give a reasoned order for pre-acceptance advertisement.* *Justice Manish Pitale observed that “The Registrar is required to pass a reasoned order as to why a mark is being advertised after acceptance and also a reasoned order as to why a mark is being advertised before acceptance. In fact, the Registrar has the option of directing advertisement of a mark before acceptance under proviso to sub-Section (1) of Section 20 of the Trade Marks Act.”*