Senior Minister's intellectual property suggestion: Apply for trademark customs filing immediately. According to Article 2 of the Regulations on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights promulgated by the State Council, the intellectual property rights protected by China's customs should be the exclusive right to use trademarks, copyrights and copyright-related rights and patents related to import and export goods and protected by Chinese laws and administrative regulations.
Therefore, in order to prevent our colleagues from exporting our trademarks fraudulently, we can put our trademarks on the customs record. After the record is approved, the customs can supervise the import and export goods and take the initiative to protect your trademarks and seize the goods.
The customs filing of trademarks provides the following experience summary:
First, trademarks must be registered product trademarks, with categories 1-34; Service trademarks of categories 35 to 45 cannot be filed.
second, a trademark must have a registration certificate, and a trademark that is still under application cannot be filed.
Third, the country where a trademark is registered must be China, and it will not work if there are only foreign trademarks.
fourth, the applicant for customs filing must be a trademark registrant, and no one else is allowed.
summary of senior minister's intellectual property rights: only the product trademarks that have obtained the trademark certificate in China, the trademark registrants have the right to file with the customs. Therefore, as long as you meet the above conditions, foreign trade partners can use trademark customs filing to protect your rights and interests.