Beijing Wuyi International Intellectual Property Answers, you need to pay attention to the following issues when conducting foreign trademark registration inquiries:

1. The distinctiveness of the trademark

Whether the trademark has Distinctiveness is the focus of substantive examination by trademark offices in various countries. The so-called "distinctiveness" refers to whether a trademark can be judged by ordinary consumers as a sign indicating the source of the product, rather than ordinary text, graphics or anything else. The trademark laws of various countries have detailed regulations on non-distinctive trademarks. Except for trademarks that are descriptive of goods or services, simple letter combinations of 3 or less are generally considered to lack distinctiveness; single colors, color blocks, and simple shapes are also not distinctive; ordinary and common words are generally considered to lack distinctiveness. Considered less significant. Therefore, applicants must pay attention to avoid the above situations when designing trademarks.

2. Trademark meaning

Although ordinary words are less distinctive, not all trademarks composed of words cannot be registered, especially when these words appear in a deformed way. Or when supplemented by graphics, conspicuity is no longer an obstacle. First of all, applicants should pay attention to the relationship between trademarks and place names. In addition, if the place name in the applicant's trademark is a place rich in a certain product or raw material, and this product or raw material is related to the goods produced by the applicant, it may also be rejected by the foreign examiner, requiring the applicant to explain its product Is it related to the place?

In addition to the above two, countries generally believe that personal names can be registered as trademarks. However, in some countries, such as the United States, if the name of the person in the trademark application is used by more than 200 people in the country, it usually cannot be registered. Registered as a trademark.