How do individuals apply for trademark registration?
Application route:
1. You can go to the registration hall of the Trademark Office (Beijing) in person.
2. You can entrust a trademark agency to handle it.
Application fee:
Need to pay an official fee of 1000 yuan to the Trademark Office; If you entrust an agent, you need to pay an agency fee of about 600-800 yuan to the agency.
Information required for application:
1, trademark pattern is required;
2, the scope of goods or services used by the registered trademark;
3. Identification documents: A. If the company applies, a copy of the company's business license is required; B. Personal application: A copy of the business license and personal ID card of individual industrial and commercial households is required.
How much is the trademark registration fee (for reference only)
The registration fee is charged by category and quantity, and the fee for each trademark in each category is:
1900 yuan (ten-year validity period, including ten-year fees, domestic companies or individuals, including 1000 national fees and 900 agency fees).
3,000 yuan (ten-year validity period, including ten-year fees, foreign enterprises or individuals, including 1 0,000 national fees and 2,000 agency fees).
What should individuals pay attention to when applying for trademark registration?
1. Ask about the trademark first. If there is no identical or similar trademark in advance, you can make application documents and submit the application;
2. About 1 month after the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will send you an application acceptance notice within ten working days (this period is called the formal examination stage).
3. After the formal review is completed, it will take about 1 year to enter the substantive review stage.
4. Those who pass the substantive examination shall enter the announcement procedure (this period is 3 months, also called the objection period);
5. When the announcement expires, no one raises any objection. You can get the registration certificate.
Will a registered trademark be revoked if it is not used for a long time?
Because the resources of trademarks are limited, their use is limited in time. Where a trademark needs to be used continuously, it can be renewed once every ten years, and there is no time limit. However, many trademarks will be abandoned by trademark holders, so they cannot be renewed. This trademark can be re-registered and used by others.
The Trademark Law stipulates that if it is not used for three consecutive years, it may be revoked. There are two kinds of penalties for not using a registered trademark for three consecutive years. If it is not inevitable, the Trademark Office may also order it to make corrections within a time limit. The concept of trademark use is very broad, not only registered goods or services, but also some works.
Professional investment in trademarks, most companies and individuals will register a large number of trademarks and sell them directly to other companies and individuals. Because of the limited trademark resources (few good trademarks), the trademark registration time is long and there is room for investment. However, not using the restrictions that may be revoked for three years does bring great restrictions. For specialized trademark investors, other use behaviors can easily be identified as invalid use, and it will be more difficult to create use facts.
Therefore, for specialized trademark investors, the best way is to transfer the registered trademark quickly within three years, because if it is used, it will also affect the value of the registered trademark itself. If it is not used for three years in a row, the ownership of the registered trademark will be in an unstable state and buyers will not buy it.
Top right corner of registered trademark? r？ And then what? TM？ what's the meaning
According to the revised Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Trademark Law, there are only three ways to mark a registered trademark, that is, add a note after the registered trademark: a,? Registered trademark? Four Chinese characters, b,? Notes? Put a circle outside the word c, r？ Put a circle outside R, except for that, any other marking method is not in compliance with the law. ? Notes? It is a Chinese character, which is obviously not as popular as (r) in the world, so we suggest that (r) is the best symbol.
TM is the abbreviation of trademark. American trademarks are usually marked with TM, which does not necessarily refer to registered trademarks. R is the abbreviation of REGISTER, which means registered trademark when used in trademark. According to the implementation regulations of China's trademark law, the use of registered trademarks can be indicated on commodities, commodity packages, manuals or other accessories? Registered trademark? Or a registration mark. The use of a registered trademark shall be marked in the upper right corner or the lower right corner of the trademark. So TM and R are trademarks of different countries and have no special relationship. Some domestic companies do not understand the legal provisions, blindly imitate American companies, and use TM marks on trademarks.
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