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Can I use a trademark without registration?

Legal analysis:

You can go to the website related to trademark registration for inquiries. In the narrow sense, trademark registration applications only refer to goods and service trademark registration applications, international trademark registration applications, certification trademark registration applications, collective trademark registration applications, and special sign registration applications. In addition to the content of trademark registration applications in the narrow sense, trademark registration applications in the broad sense also include applications for change, renewal, transfer registration, objection applications, trademark license contract filing applications, and the handling of other trademark registration matters. Registration in the name of an individual is required

1. A copy of the personal ID card

2. A copy of the individual business license

Trademark registration is unified across the country. There are only 2 ways

1. Go directly to the State Trademark Office to handle the matter

2. Entrust an agency to handle the matter. All formal and legal agencies must be registered with the State Trademark Office. You can Found on the National Trademark Office website.

Application procedures: 1. Search the trademark first. If there is no identical or similar one before, you can prepare application documents and submit the application;

2. After the application is submitted 3. The Trademark Office will issue you an application acceptance notice in about a month (this period is called the formal examination stage).

3. After the formal review is completed, it will enter the substantive review stage, which will take about 9 months.

4. If the substantive examination is passed, the announcement process will be entered (this period is 3 months, also called the objection period);

5. After the announcement period expires, no one raises objections . You can get the registration certificate. The time it takes for the above to be successfully registered is generally about 14 months.

Legal basis:

Article 22 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Trademark registration applicants shall fill in the product category for which the trademark is used according to the prescribed product classification table and product name, submit an application for registration. A trademark registration applicant can apply to register the same trademark for multiple categories of goods through one application. Trademark registration applications and other relevant documents can be submitted in writing or in the form of data messages.

Derived questions:

What is the trademark classification?

A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the source of goods or services. Each registered trademark is designated for a certain product or service. It is precisely for the needs of trademark retrieval, review, and management that certain goods with the same attributes are grouped together into one category, and all goods and services are divided into 45 categories to form a trademark Classification Schedule - "Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration".