Applications for trademark registration and other relevant documents may be submitted in written form or in the form of data messages. For specific requirements, please refer to the relevant provisions of the "Online Application" column of China Trademark Network.

(1) Application for trademark registration

1. Each application for trademark registration shall be submitted with 1 application for trademark registration. In paper form, it shall be typed or printed.

2. If the applicant is a legal person or other organization, it shall affix its official seal at the position specified in the application; If the applicant is a natural person, it shall be signed by the applicant in a designated place with a pen or signature pen.

3. To apply for trademark registration in Taiwan Province Province and claim the priority in Taiwan Province Province, an application for trademark registration by an applicant in Taiwan Province Province shall be filed.

Please refer to the instructions attached to the application for trademark registration for the requirements of filling in the application for trademark registration.

(two) a copy of the applicant's identity certificate (if the same applicant applies for multiple trademark registrations at the same time, only one copy is required)

1. Domestic applicants

If the applicant is a legal person or any other organization, it shall use identification documents marked with a unified social credit code, such as copies of valid certificates such as business license, legal person registration certificate, certificate of legal person of public institution, certificate of legal person of social organization, and practice certificate of law firm; Periodical certificate, school license, health license, etc. Can not be used as the applicant's identity documents.

If the applicant is a legal person or other organization of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region or Taiwan Province Province, a copy of the corresponding registration certificate shall be submitted.

If the applicant is a natural person, it shall submit a copy of valid identity documents such as ID card, passport and household registration certificate, as well as a copy of business license of individual industrial and commercial households or a copy of rural land contract.

If the applicant is a natural person from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region or Taiwan Province Province, a copy of the Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents to Travel to and from the Mainland, the mainland travel permit for taiwan residents or the Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Residents within the validity period (more than one year) shall be submitted.

2. Foreign applicants

If the applicant is a legal person or other organization, it shall submit a copy of the registration certificate of the region or country to which it belongs. Copies of registration certificates of offices and permanent representative offices of foreign enterprises in China cannot be used as copies of identity documents. If the above documents are in foreign languages, a Chinese translation shall be attached; If it is not attached, it shall be deemed that the document has not been submitted.

If the applicant is a natural person and handles it on his own, he shall submit a copy of his passport and a foreigner's permanent residence permit, foreigner's residence permit or foreigner's residence permit issued by the public security department within the validity period (more than one year).

(3) Where a trademark agency is entrusted, a Power of Attorney for Trademark Agency shall be submitted.

1. The trademark power of attorney shall specify the agency content and authority.

2. If the applicant is a foreigner or a foreign enterprise, the trademark power of attorney shall specify the nationality of the applicant.

3. The notarization and authentication procedures of the trademark power of attorney and relevant certification documents of foreigners or foreign enterprises shall be handled in accordance with the principle of reciprocity.

(4) Trademark design

1. Each trademark registration application shall submit 1 trademark pattern. Where an application for trademark registration is made with color combinations or colored patterns, the colored patterns shall be submitted; If no color is specified, a black and white pattern shall be submitted.

2. The trademark pattern must be clear and easy to stick, printed on bright and durable paper or replaced by photos, and its length and width should be no more than 10 cm and no less than 5 cm. The trademark pattern shall be pasted at the designated place where the trademark registration is applied.

3. When applying for trademark registration, the three-dimensional mark shall be declared in the application, and the way of using the trademark shall be explained in the column of "Trademark Description" in the application for trademark registration. The applicant shall submit a pattern that can determine the three-dimensional shape, and the trademark pattern shall contain at least three views.

4. Where an application for trademark registration is made in the form of color combination, it shall be declared in the application, and a text description shall be given in the column of "Trademark Description" in the application for trademark registration, explaining the color code and the purpose of the trademark.

Where an application for trademark registration is made in the form of color combination, the trademark pattern shall be a color block indicating the color combination mode or a graphic outline indicating the use position of the color. Graphic outline is not a part of a trademark, and it must be represented by a dotted line, not a solid line.

5. Where an application for trademark registration is made by using a sound mark, it shall be declared in the application, and the sound trademark shall be explained in the trademark pattern box, and at the same time, a sound sample that meets the requirements shall be submitted, and the use mode of the trademark shall be explained in the "Trademark Description" column of the application for trademark registration.

(1) Description of the sound trademark. The sound of applying for a trademark shall be described by staff or symbols, with a text description; What can't be described by staff or notation should be described by words.

(2) Requirements for sound samples:

(1) Where an application for registration of a sound trademark is submitted in paper form, the audio file of the sound sample shall be stored on a CD, and there can only be one audio file on the CD. Where an application for registration of a sound trademark is submitted by data message, the sound sample shall be uploaded correctly as required.

② The audio file of sound samples should be less than 5MB, and the format is wav or mp3.

(3) The trademark description should be consistent with the sound sample.

(5) Where the right of priority is claimed, documents proving the right of priority, including originals and Chinese translations, shall be submitted at the same time or within three months from the date of application. If the country/region of application/exhibition, date of application/exhibition, application number and other columns are not specified, it shall be deemed that priority has not been claimed. If the priority certificate is not submitted within the time limit, or the submission is incomplete, or the certificate is insufficient to prove that it enjoys the priority, the priority is invalid.

(six) the application for registration of a trademark design with the portrait of another person shall be explained, and the power of attorney of the portrait owner shall be attached. The power of attorney shall include the portrait of the portrait applicant and a copy of the identity card of the portrait applicant. A natural person, legal person or other organization applies for the registration of another person's portrait as a trademark pattern. If the portrait person dies, it shall be accompanied by a certificate that the applicant has the right to dispose of the portrait, which shall include the portrait of the portrait person who applied for the trademark design.

If a natural person applies for registration with his portrait as a trademark design, it shall explain it without attaching a power of attorney.

(7) If the certificates, documents and evidence submitted by the applicant are in a foreign language, a Chinese translation shall be attached; If it is not attached, it shall be deemed that certificates, certification documents or evidential materials have not been submitted.

(8) Where a natural person in China applies for trademark registration, he shall, in addition to submitting an application for trademark registration, trademark patterns and other materials in accordance with the regulations, pay attention to the relevant requirements of the Instructions for Natural Persons to Apply for Trademark Registration.

According to the provisions of Article 4 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if you apply for trademark registration and transfer in the name of a natural person, you should pay attention to the following matters in addition to submitting an application for trademark registration, trademark patterns and other materials in accordance with relevant regulations:

1. If the applicant is an individual industrial and commercial household, he may apply for trademark registration in the name of the applicant registered in the Business License for Individual Industrial and Commercial Household, or in the name of the operator registered in the license. When applying in the name of the operator, a copy of the following materials shall be submitted:

(a) the identity card of the operator;

(2) Business license.

2. If the applicant is a rural contractor, he may file an application for trademark registration in the name of the contractor, and a copy of the following materials shall be submitted when applying:

(1) Signature's ID card

(2) the contract.

3. Other natural persons authorized to engage in business activities according to law may file an application for trademark registration in the name of the business operator published in the registration documents issued by the relevant administrative authorities, and shall submit copies of the following materials when applying:

(a) the identity card of the operator;

(2) Registration documents issued by relevant administrative departments.

4. If the applicant is a rural contracted household, the scope of goods and services registered by the trademark is limited to its own agricultural and sideline products; If the applicant is a natural person other than an individual industrial and commercial household or a rural contracted household who is allowed to engage in business activities according to law, it shall be limited to the business scope approved by the relevant registration documents.

5. China National Intellectual Property Administration will not accept an application for trademark registration that does not conform to the provisions of Article 4 of the Trademark Law.

(9) The matters declared and the materials provided in the application for trademark registration shall be true, accurate and complete.

Where the registration is obtained by deception or other improper means, the registered trademark shall be declared invalid by China National Intellectual Property Administration; Other units or individuals may request China National Intellectual Property Administration to declare the registered trademark invalid.