In this stage, the Examiner in the Trademark Registry will examine the application.
If any requirements under the law are not fulfilled, then the Examiner will object to the application and the Counsel for the applicant will make a reply to the objection.
If the requirements under the law are fulfilled, then the same will be sent directly to the Acceptance/Refusal stage
If any accepted trademark which is already advertised in the Trademark Journal appears to be deceptively similar to any other trademark, then the trademark owner of the latter can apply for an opposition.
If the opposed trademark application is decided in favor of the opponent, then the trademark gets cancelled or removed. On the other hand, the same decided in favor of the applicant, the trademark goes for registration