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Procedures for international registration of trademarks

(1) Where a trademark agency is entrusted, the applicant may voluntarily choose any trademark agency recognized by the state to handle it. All trademark agencies registered with the Trademark Office are published in the "Agency" column.

(2) If the applicant goes directly to the Trademark Office, the applicant can go through the following steps:

Prepare the application → Submit the application to the International Registration Office of the Trademark Office → Pay the registration fee according to the provisions of the Notice of Fees 1. The application to be submitted

( 1) A Chinese application for international registration filled in and stamped with the official seal;

( 2) an application for international registration in a foreign language, which is filled in and stamped with the official seal or signature;

( 3) a copy of the domestic Trademark Registration Certificate or a copy of the Acceptance Notice;

( 4) If the basic registered or applied trademark has been changed, transferred or renewed in China, a copy of the approval certificate shall be submitted;

( 5) two trademark designs. If it is a color trademark, two color trademark patterns should be attached;

( 6) If a trademark agency is entrusted, a power of attorney for trademark agency shall also be submitted; .

2. Specific requirements for filling in the application for international trademark registration

( 1) Country of origin of the trademark applicant:

"Country of origin of the trademark applicant" refers to China. If the applicant designates the country to be protected as a member of the Madrid Agreement, the three situations available to the applicant in this item should be selected in turn, that is, the applicant should first measure whether he meets the first situation, if so, he should choose the first one first, if not, he should choose the second one, and if not, he should choose the third one. If all three meet or meet two, the former one should be selected. If the applicant designates the protected country as a member of the Madrid Protocol, the applicant only needs to meet one of the three conditions.

( 2) Name of the applicant:

If the applicant is a legal person, the full name should be filled in; If the applicant is a natural person, the name should be filled in. In addition, if the legal person has an official English or French name, it should be filled in together with Chinese and stamped with the seal of the applicant (the legal person should be stamped with the seal of the enterprise or company).

( 3) Address of the applicant:

It can be filled in according to the requirements in brackets, such as No.2 Jintai Road, Beijing, China, with postal code of 126.

( 4) name of agent:

the applicant can fill in according to the actual situation; If it is a direct application, this column is not filled.

( 5) Agent's address:

It is the same as the applicant's address.

( 6) Domestic application and registration of trademarks:

This refers to the application and registration of trademarks in China, not the application and registration of internationally registered trademarks.

if the applicant applies for international registration of the same trademark in different categories, the applicant should fill in the application date, application number or/and registration date and registration number of each category one by one in the order of categories. For example, the date when the applicant applied for trademark registration in China was February 14th, 21, and the application number was 3239296. The registration date was June 1th, 22, and the registration number was 3239296.

( 7) Priority:

If the applicant requests priority, the date and application number of the first application shall be indicated.

( 8) Trademark:

Here, the applicant is required to paste the trademark pattern, and the size of the trademark should be handled according to the requirements of the application.

( 9) Request for color protection:

If the applicant requests color protection, it should indicate which colors and which parts of colors are required to be protected.

( 1) Trademark transliteration:

Only the standard Chinese pinyin of the trademark can be filled in here.

( 11) Receiving language selection:

Put an "x" in the box on the left of the selected language.

( 12) Goods and services:

The goods and services mentioned here shall be filled in the order of the categories listed in the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration. Such as: the first category, ethanol, industrial alcohol; The fifth category, aspirin, baby food; The ninth category, audio, kinescope; When filling in, the ninth category shall not be placed before the fifth category, or the fifth category shall not be placed before the first category.

( 13) Contracting Party designated for protection:

The applicant should mark the box on the left of the country to be protected. If the applicant designates Germany, France and Italy as the countries to be protected, the applicant only needs to mark the box on the left of these three countries with an "x".

( 14) Payment method of this application:

Put an "×" in the box on the left of the selected payment method. After receiving the application documents with complete formalities, the Trademark Office shall register the application date, assign the application number, calculate the fees to be paid by the applicant, and issue a Notice of Fees to the applicant. The applicant shall pay the amount as soon as possible after receiving the Notice of Charge. The Trademark Office will only submit an application to the International Bureau after receiving the full remittance. If the remittance is still not received by the Trademark Office after two months, the application documents and other attachments will be returned to the applicant without retaining the application date and application number.

if a trademark agency is entrusted, the applicant shall pay a certain amount of international registration fee and agency fee to the trademark agency. Specify the charging standard of the country that collects the individual fees (exchange rate: subject to the date of receipt)

(unit: Swiss francs)

Basic registration fee: 653 Swiss francs (black and white trademark pattern), 93 Swiss franc (color trademark pattern) project

The country refers to the application for renewal of the first category. For each additional category within the first category and three categories, each additional category within the first category and three categories is UK 262 73 291 73 Denmark 419 17 419 17 Norway 345 17 fen. Lan 279

(378) 1

(1) 35

(432) 159

(159) Sweden 322 126 322 126 Iceland 18 41 18 41 Estonia 176

(24) 56

(56) 224

(28) Georgia 314 115 314 115 Japan 137

457 14

457 589. 589 Turkmenistan 178 9 448 Greece

(please see Note 6) 133

(663) 24 *

(12) 18

(542) 24 *

(12) Singapore 272 272 197 197 Australia 47 47 291 291 Ireland 325 93 332 166 Korea 233 266 266 USA 31 31 37 37 EU 1111

(27) 192

(383) 1533

(3449) 511

(122) Turkey 248 49 244 Bahrain 274

(297) 274

(297) 137

(137) 137. Uzbekistan 128

(1543) 13

(154) 514

(128) 51

(13) Ghana 129

86 129

86 291 291 Oman 484

(1211). 1453) Israel 386 29 688 581 Cura? ao 272

(54) 28

(55) 272

(54) 28

(55) Boneher, St. yust Hughes and Saba Islands 195

(279) 2

(2) 319

(581) 56

(56) Philippines 17 17 163 163 New Zealand 115 115 268 268 Mexico 193 193 24 24 Colombia

(Please 387(516) 193(258) 211

(Extension period: 289 for each category) 13 Note: 1. Figures in parentheses are collective trademark charging standards.

2. The standard of individual charges is not fixed. The International Bureau will inform members of the new individual charges in various countries in time according to the change of exchange rate or at the request of the individual charging countries due to the change of domestic charges.

3. The application fee in Japan is 137 Swiss francs for the first category, with an increase of 14 Swiss francs for each additional category. After successful registration, the registration fee is 457 Swiss francs for each category;

Ghana's application fee is 129 Swiss francs per category, and the registration fee charged after successful registration is 86 Swiss francs per category.

4. Countries not listed in the list are all within 1 Swiss francs in three categories.

5. The basic registration fee specified in the later period is 3 Swiss francs, the transfer fee is 177 Swiss francs, the change fee is 15 Swiss francs, the deletion fee is 177 Swiss francs, the renewal basic registration fee is 653 Swiss francs, and the extension fee is 326.5 Swiss francs.

6. Specific explanation on the collection of separate fees in Greece:

Regarding the new application and late designation in Madrid, the Greek Intellectual Property Office does not require to collect additional fees beyond the tenth category. Examples are as follows:

If you apply for one category when you specify Greece, the separate fee is 133 Swiss francs;

for 2 categories, the individual fee is 133+24=157 Swiss francs

for 1 categories, the individual fee is 133+24×9=349 Swiss francs

for more than 1 categories, the individual fee is still 349 Swiss francs.

this principle applies to collective trademarks.

Regarding the renewal of Madrid, the following examples are given:

If the renewal involves one category, the separate fee is 18 Swiss francs;

for two categories, the separate fee is 18+24=132 Swiss francs;

for 1 categories, the individual fee is 18+24×9=324 Swiss francs;

if there are more than 1 categories involved, the separate fee is still less than 324 Swiss francs.

this principle applies to collective trademarks.

7. Colombia: For trademarks that enter the extended period, the renewal fee will be 289 Swiss francs per category. Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate

After receiving the application for international registration that conforms to the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks and its Protocols, the International Bureau will register in the international registration book and issue the Trademark Registration Certificate to the trademark registration applicant. The Trademark Registration Certificate will be sent directly to the International Registration Office of the Trademark Office, which will forward it to the applicant or trademark agency. It should be noted that the applicant must fill in the address clearly (mailing address can be added), and if the applicant's address changes, it should be changed in time.

VII. How to handle various changes after registration

According to the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol, an international registrant of a trademark can handle the following matters after registration:

1. Apply for territorial extension to one or more countries for all or part of goods and services, that is, later designation.

2. Transfer all or part of goods and services or all or part of countries.

3. Cancel the international registration.

4. Give up protection in the countries concerned.

5. cut goods and services.

6. Change the name and address of the registrant.

the procedures for handling these matters are basically the same as those for applying for international registration of trademarks, and the corresponding fees shall be paid according to regulations. According to the relevant provisions of China's Trademark Law, anyone can raise an objection to an internationally registered trademark that requires protection in China within three months from the first day of the month following the publication of the International Trademark Announcement. If the objection applicant is a domestic enterprise legal person or natural person, the objection application can be mailed or delivered to the International Registration Office of the Trademark Office directly or through a trademark agency. If the objection applicant is a foreign enterprise or natural person, it must be handled through a trademark agency.

if an internationally registered trademark is challenged, the applicant may reply within 3 days from the date of receiving the notice.

The Trademark Office makes a ruling based on the facts and reasons stated by both parties. If both parties disagree with the Trademark Office's objection ruling, they can submit an application for objection review to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board within 15 days after receiving the notice of objection ruling, and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board will make a final ruling.