The iconic Osmania University Arts College building in Hyderabad is set to become a trademarked structure. Owners of such a trademark, in this case the Osmania University (OU), will have the exclusive right to use the trademark of the building to market their goods and services.
“We have stepped ahead to trademark the building as we noticed a lot of private institutions using the iconic facade for marketing their services. They are unrelated to the university establishment. Trademarking will give us ownership so that others cannot use it to make logos, souvenirs, merchandise, without our permission/payment of royalty,” said G.B. Reddy IPR chair OU, DPIIT, about the development.
