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Trademark registration process
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The specific process of registering a trademark is as follows: 3 working days for preparing the materials-3 months for issuing the acceptance notice-6 months for substantive examination-3 months for preliminary examination announcement-1 month for issuing the registration certificate. Matters needing attention in application: 1. For trademark registration in China, the principle of prior application is adopted, that is, the ownership of trademark rights is determined around the date when the trademark submits the application, so the time of submitting the application is very critical. 2. The period of validity of trademark registration is ten years from the date of registration, and the exhibition will be held after ten years. 3. The whole process of trademark registration takes about one and a half years. 4. Regional protection: Trademark registration has regional characteristics. After being authorized in China, it can only protect domestic trademark rights (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). A category of trademark registration is probably between 1 and 2 yuan. Legal objectivity:

According to Article 4 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, if a natural person engaged in the production, manufacture, processing, selection and distribution of goods or providing services needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, he shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration. To apply for trademark registration and transfer in the name of a natural person, in addition to submitting the Application for Trademark Registration, trademark patterns and other materials in accordance with relevant regulations, the following matters should also be noted: 1. Choose the registration method when preparing for registration, one is to apply for registration at the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; The other is to entrust an experienced trademark agency to organize agency services. 2. Prepare materials to prepare 1 pieces of trademark patterns (1 pieces of colored trademarks with specified colors, 1 piece of black-and-white ink draft). If the length and width are not more than 1 cm and not less than 5 cm, the direction of trademark patterns is unclear, and the arrows should be used to indicate the upper and lower parts; If an individual applies, he/she needs to show his/her ID card and submit a copy, plus a copy of his/her business license, and the business scope is consistent with the registered trademark; If an enterprise applies, a copy of the Business License of the enterprise shall be presented and submitted; An application for trademark registration with the official seal of the unit. 3. Start the application 4. Apply according to the classification of goods and services. At present, goods and services are divided into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. When applying for registration, the categories of goods or services that use trademarks shall be determined according to the classification of goods and services classification table; Where the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, he shall apply for registration according to different categories. 5. Determination of the date of application This is the most important point: As the principle of prior application is adopted in China's trademark registration, once you have a trademark dispute with other enterprises, the enterprise with prior application date will be protected by law. Therefore, it is very important to establish the application date, which is based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. Then there are three procedures: trademark examination, preliminary examination announcement and registration announcement. It should be emphasized that a trademark that has passed the preliminary examination by the Trademark Office cannot be registered until three months after the announcement, and the trademark is protected by law. The period of validity of a registered trademark is ten years, counting from the date of approval of registration. If it is necessary to continue to use the trademark after the expiration of the validity period, it may apply for trademark renewal registration. 6. After obtaining the trademark registration certificate, the Trademark Office will issue a certificate to the registrant. If it is organized through an agent, the agent sends the Trademark Registration Certificate to the registrant; In case of direct registration, the registrant should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the trademark certificate within three months after receiving the Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate, and at the same time, he should also bring: a letter of introduction to obtain the trademark registration certificate, the ID card and photocopy of the witness, the original copy of the business license and the photocopy stamped by the local industrial and commercial department, the notice of obtaining the trademark registration certificate, and the certificate of change issued by the industrial and commercial department if the name of the trademark registrant changes. Note: It usually takes about one year to three and a half years from the application to the issuance of a new trademark, in which the acceptance and formal examination of the application takes about one month, the substantive examination takes about 24 to 3 months, the objection period is three months, and the approval announcement takes about two months to the issuance of the trademark. 7. Notes on Application for Trademark Registration If a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for the goods or services it produces, manufactures, processes, selects or distributes, it shall file an application for trademark registration with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Trademark Office) according to law. In a narrow sense, the application for trademark registration only refers to the application for trademark registration of goods and services, international registration of trademarks, registration of certification trademarks, registration of collective trademarks and registration of special signs. The application for trademark registration in a broad sense includes not only the contents of the application for trademark registration in a narrow sense, but also the application for alteration, renewal and transfer of registration, the application for objection, the application for filing the trademark license contract and the handling of other trademark registration matters.