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Macau Trademark Registration Process

Macau trademark registration process:

1. Macau trademark search

First check whether there is a trademark that is similar or similar to the trademark you need to register. If there is a similar trademark relationship, then the registration is likely to be unsuccessful. Specific evaluation criteria can be found on our website.

2. Submit a trademark registration application

After searching for no similar trademarks, start preparing relevant materials, and then submit a trademark application.

3. Trademark review

After the Macau Trademark Office receives your trademark registration application, it will conduct a formal and substantive review of the trademark. Generally, the formal review will take a few days. Review can be completed. The substantive review will last from more than one month to about three months.

After that, it is mainly determined whether the submitted application documents are complete, whether the applied trademark is important, whether it violates the relevant prohibition provisions of the "Trademark Law", and whether it is the same as the trademark previously applied or registered by others on the same or similar goods. same.

If the trademark has the above related circumstances, it will be rejected by the Trademark Office. Then your Macau trademark registration time will be delayed for a period of time, and then you can apply for trademark rejection review.

4. Trademark rejection review

If the trademark registration is improper, the Trademark Office will first issue a notice of reasons for rejection and give the applicant an opportunity to state his opinions or reduce the number of products. If upon review it does not meet the registration requirements, the trademark application will be rejected. If the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the trademark registration authority, he may file an appeal in accordance with the law within 30 days from the date of delivery of the approval certificate.

5. Trademark announcement period

After that, the trademark announcement period will enter, which lasts for three months. During this period, if someone initiates a trademark objection application, you can file an objection application to reject it. If no one brings it up, then move on to the next stage.

6. Issuance of trademark registration certificate

The Macao trademark is valid for 10 years. The trademark is renewed every 10 years, and each period lasts for 10 years. There is no limit to the number of renewals. And the relevant renewal fees must be paid within six months of the trademark expiration.

Macau Introduction

The full name of Macau is the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It borders Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province to the north, faces Wan Chai and Hengqin of Zhuhai City to the west, faces Hong Kong across the sea to the east, 60 kilometers apart, and faces the South China Sea to the south.

Macau is an international free port, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, and one of the four major gambling cities in the world. Its famous light industry, tourism, hotel industry and entertainment venues have made Macau prosperous and become one of the most developed and wealthy regions in the world.