The trademark registration application states that the Trademark Office has received the trademark application materials and is waiting for review.
Trademark registration process 1: Trademark registration preparation
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Inquiry before trademark registration:
Trademark registration applicant or his agent Before filing an application for registration, a person can first check whether there are identical or similar trademarks to the right trademark. Trademark registration inquiry is not a necessary procedure for registering a trademark, but this work can greatly reduce the risks of trademark registration and improve the certainty of trademark registration.
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Preparation of application materials for trademark registration:
(1) When a company applies for registration as an applicant, it must present a copy of the company's "Business License" and Provide a copy of the "Business License" signed and sealed by the issuing authority. A completed trademark registration application form with the official seal of the unit and a personal signature.
(2) 10 trademark drawings (for color trademarks of specified colors, 10 colored drawings and 1 black and white ink drawing should be submitted). The trademark pattern provided must be clear and easy to paste. It must be on smooth and durable paper or replaced by a photo. The length and width must be no more than 10 cm and no less than 5 cm. If the direction of the trademark pattern is unclear, arrows should be used to indicate the top and bottom. You can also prepare electronic formats as application materials.
(3) Prepare the corresponding trademark registration fees: registered trademark fees: 1,000 yuan + trademark agency fee of about 700 to 1,000 yuan.
Trademark registration process 2: Apply for trademark registration
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Trademark registration applicant conditions:
Trademark registration applicant must be: Enterprises, public institutions, social groups, individual businesses, individual partnerships established in accordance with the law, or foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that have signed an agreement with China or participated in international treaties with the Chinese Communist Party or based on the principle of reciprocity, need to obtain a trademark When seeking exclusive rights, a trademark registration application must be submitted to the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis.
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File a trademark registration application according to the classification of goods and services:
Currently, our country’s trademark law implements the international classification of goods, which classifies more than 10,000 categories The goods and services are divided into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. When applying for trademark registration, the category of goods or services for which the trademark is used should be determined according to the classification of the Goods and Services Classification Table. If the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, he should apply for registration in different categories according to the classification of goods. This can avoid unfair expansion of the scope of application of trademark rights, and is also conducive to the approval of examiners and the protection of exclusive rights to the trademark.
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Determination of trademark registration application date:
Trademark registration in my country adopts the first-to-file principle. Once the application date occurs, it becomes the law to determine trademark rights. Accordingly, the application date for trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents.
Trademark registration process three: Trademark review
The trademark registration authority inspects whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law.
Trademark Registration Process Four: Preliminary Examination Announcement
After the trademark registration application is reviewed, the decision will be made to allow registration if it meets the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law. And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement". If no one raises any objection to a preliminary approval trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary approval announcement, the trademark will be registered and a registration announcement will be published at the same time.
Trademark Registration Process Five: Registration Announcement
The applicant for trademark registration submits an application, and after review by the Trademark Office, a preliminary approval announcement will be made. Within three months, no one will raise an objection or no objection will be raised. If the ruling is not established, the trademark will be registered and effective, protected by law, and the trademark registrant shall have the exclusive right to the trademark.
It takes about one to one and a half years from application to approval of registration for a trademark. The validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, starting from the date of approval of registration. If the registered trademark expires and you need to continue to use it, you can apply for trademark renewal registration.
Trademark registration process six: Receive the trademark registration certificate
The agent will send the "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the trademark registrant through the agent.
To apply for trademark registration directly, the trademark registrant should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the certificate within three months after receiving the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate". At the same time, he should also bring:
(1) Letter of introduction for receiving the trademark registration certificate;
(2) Identity card and copy of the licensee;
(3) Original copy of business license, the copy should be stamped with the local Seal stamp of the industrial and commercial department;
(4) Notice of receiving the trademark registration certificate;
(5) If the name of the trademark registrant is changed, a change certificate issued by the working department must be attached.