Usually, Trademarks are only assigned to company logos and brands, or entities that make goods or services that are bought and sold or the goods or services themselves.
This is to protect these commercial entities from other commercial entities that may seek to use their goodwill and brand recognition.
One must abide the truth that it is norm around the world to trademarks for buildings.
As an example, famous landmarks which have gotten the trademarks are the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sydney Opera House in Australia, to name a few.
But why? Why trademark a building?
One of the reasons to trademark a building is to avoid an exact copy of the architecture design and protect the unique design of the building and preserve its uniqueness and heritage.
On 19th June 2017, The iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai which is 114 years old, obtained a registered trademark.
Making it the first ever building in India to be trademarked.
Isn’t this fascinating?
Because of this, for commercial purpose, one must get prior consent to use the image of its iconic dome and exterior.
Thus it can be concluded that there are no boundaries to trademark registrations, of anything.