Registration process:
1. Formal review (about 20 days): The Trademark Office determines whether the documents and procedures for applying for trademark registration comply with the law. In accordance with the law, the examination institution shall compile the application number, determine the application date, and issue the Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration Application.
2. Substantive examination (about 6-8 months): The Trademark Office conducts a series of activities such as examination, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and research on whether the application for trademark registration complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law (trademark prohibition clauses, non-distinctiveness, existence of similar trademarks, etc.). ), and decided to give preliminary approval or reject the application.
3. Announcement of preliminary examination (3 months): The announcement of trademark preliminary examination refers to the decision to approve the registration of an application for trademark registration that meets the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after examination, and shall be announced in the trademark announcement.
4. Obtaining the registration certificate (about 1 month): If no objection is raised within three months from the date of the announcement of preliminary examination, the trademark shall be registered and a registration announcement shall be issued at the same time. If no objection is raised within three months or the objection is ruled invalid, the trademark will take effect and a registration certificate will be issued.
Only legal persons or other legal civil subjects and natural persons who meet the following conditions can file trademark applications in China:
1. Enterprises, institutions and social organizations established according to the laws of China are not limited by their business scope to apply for trademark registration.
2, individual industrial and commercial households, individual partnerships, rural contracted households and other natural persons who are allowed to engage in business activities according to law. The scope of application for trademark registration by these subjects must be limited to the approved business scope or the agricultural and sideline products they operate.
3. Foreign enterprises or foreign natural persons, foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that have signed agreements with China or acceded to international treaties or handled them according to the principle of reciprocity, may apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration on a voluntary basis.