Hologram Manufacturers Association of India

The Indian Hologram Industry is largely governed by the Hologram Manufacturers’ Association of India (HoMAI). Almost all the leading Hologram Companies in India are Members of this association.

HoMAI also has a program called the HOLOGRAM ROSTER where Member Companies compulsorily get their customers’ Hologram Designs/Samples registered.

The Registration is a `paid service’ and once the Member Company fills up and sends the Hologram Registration From to HoMAI along with the Hologram Design & Samples, a computer scans all the data/images and stores it in the database.

Now if a counterfeiter approaches a Member Company to make a counterfeit Hologram, the Member Company can immediately check with the HoMAI central database as to if the same or similar Hologram was made earlier by any other Member Company.

If the Hologram has been made before, the Member Company immediately sends an `alert’ to HoMAI on the attempt to make a counterfeit Hologram. The HoMAI then forwards this lead to the concerned authorities which follow the lead to try and nab the counterfeiter.

This has proven to be a great tool for legitimate brand owners as well as Hologram manufacturers to check illicit attempts at counterfeiting.

The International Hologram Manufacturers’ Association (IHMA) also has a similar service called the ‘IMAGE REGISTER’.

HoMAI Business News covers website, 100 national newspapers and magazines daily for the words Holograms, trademarks, counterfeit products and patent law. It also covers news of IPR and WTO issues regarding IPR. It would be send daily by e- mail to all members and at a cost lower than you will incur.

The proposed cost will be approximately Rs 1500 or US $ 38 per month to HoMAI members.

The fee is as following:
A) HoMAI members - Rs 18,000 or US $ 450 per annum.
B) Non HoMAI members - Rs 36,000 or US $ 900 per annum.

Download Tender Notices in last few months: Last update on December 14, 2007: tender.pdf

• COUNTERFEITS are fakes clandestinely produced by someone other than the legal owner of the real or original product, name, logo or trademark. They are produced to look exactly or similar and sold like real products. They deceptively resemble the original product name, packaging, graphics/ colour scheme, name/address of the genuine manufacturer in total or near total.
• PASS-OFF products are look-alikes which use similar sounding names or similar spelling, similar looking packaging or color schemes or designs to deliberately mislead and cheat the innocent consumers into believing that they are buying genuine products. There may be slight changes to avoid being categorised as legally counterfeits or not to violate trademark and copyright laws.
• MISBRANDED products are an imitation or a substitute or resemble in name of the genuine product
• DOWNLOAD: Suspected counterfieting attempt [report.pdf]