1. Trademark registration process and relevant regulations

1. Applicants applying for trademark registration must provide a copy of their business license with the official seal of the company;

2. To register a trademark, you need to pay an application fee of 270 yuan;

3. The time for trademark registration is about 4-8 months. Normally, an acceptance number will be issued in one working day, and it will be displayed on China Trademark Online in one week;

4. The staff of the trademark registration hall will first review the application documents. If the application procedures are not complete and the application documents are not filled in in accordance with the regulations, the application documents will be returned on the spot; if the regulations are basically complied with, the application documents will be accepted. The Trademark Office will then conduct further review of the application documents.

5. If the application passes further review, the Trademark Office will issue a payment notice. After the applicant pays the fee, the application will be accepted and a "Trademark Registration Application Acceptance Notice" will be issued. If it basically complies with the regulations after further review, but needs to be supplemented and corrected, the Trademark Office will notify the applicant to make supplements and corrections. The applicant should make corrections according to the specified content and return it to the Trademark Office within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notification. If the application is corrected and returned within the prescribed time limit, the application date will be retained; if the application is not corrected or corrected as required by the time limit, the Trademark Office will not accept the application.

6. Fill in the printed "Application for Trademark Registration" in accordance with the regulations and have it signed by the applicant, trademark drawing, copy of the individual industrial and commercial household business license, and copy of the identity document.

7. The trademark applied for registration should have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and should not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. If a trademark applied for registration does not comply with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law or is identical or similar to a trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by others on the same or similar goods, the Trademark Office will reject the application and will not publish it. Applicants can check the Trademark Law, Trademark Law Implementation Regulations, Trademark Examination and Trial Guidelines and other relevant provisions on the China Trademark Online.

2. The "International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration" (Nice Classification) provides general classification principles for goods and services. Applicants can check it. Generally speaking, the names of goods or services listed in the category title shall in principle constitute the general name of the scope to which these goods or services roughly belong. So to determine the classification of each good or service, look at the alphabetical classification list.

If you apply for trademark registration with a color combination or colored pattern, you must submit the colored pattern and a black and white copy; if you do not specify a color, you must submit a black and white pattern. For the black and white draft required for color combination trademarks and trademarks with specified colors, separate plates should be made to produce a clear black and white pattern, and the original pattern cannot be simply copied. This black and white draft does not need to be submitted when applying for registration. If necessary for subsequent review, the State Intellectual Property Office will notify the applicant to submit it separately.

3. Notes

Geographical indications indicate that a product originates from a certain region. The specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the product are mainly determined by the natural factors or humanities of the region. sign determined by factors.