1. The trademark applied for registration must have constituent elements;

2. It must be significant;

3. Signs prohibited by law cannot be used;

4. If it belongs to the same or similar goods or services, the trademark cannot be the same as or similar to the trademark registered or preliminarily approved by others;

5. A trademark shall not be the same as or similar to a registered trademark that has been revoked or cancelled less than 1 year.

Trademark is a sign used to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services. Any sign that can distinguish the goods of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations from the goods of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds, and the combination of the above elements, can apply for registration as a trademark.

A brand or a part of a brand is called a "trademark" after it is registered by the relevant government departments according to law. Trademarks are protected by law, and registrants enjoy exclusive rights. Famous trademarks in the international market are often registered in many countries. There are "registered trademarks" and "unregistered trademarks" in China. Registered trademarks are trademarks protected by law after being registered by relevant government departments, while unregistered trademarks are not protected by trademark law.

legal ground

the trademark law of the people's republic of china

Article 22 An applicant for trademark registration shall fill in the category and name of the goods using the trademark in accordance with the prescribed commodity classification table and apply for registration.

An applicant for trademark registration may apply for the registration of the same trademark for many kinds of goods through one application.

Applications for trademark registration and other relevant documents may be submitted in written form or in the form of data messages. Article 25 Where an applicant for trademark registration applies for trademark registration in China for the same commodity with the same trademark within six months from the date of the first application for trademark registration in a foreign country, he may enjoy the priority according to the agreement signed between the foreign country and China or the international treaty to which * * * is a party, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Where priority is claimed in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written statement shall be made when filing an application for trademark registration, and a copy of the first application for trademark registration shall be submitted within three months; Failing to submit a written statement or a copy of the trademark registration application documents within the time limit shall be deemed as not claiming priority. Article 26 Where a trademark is used for the first time on a commodity exhibited in an international exhibition sponsored or recognized by the China Municipal Government, the applicant for trademark registration may enjoy the priority within six months from the date when the commodity is exhibited.

Where priority is claimed in accordance with the preceding paragraph, it shall make a written statement when applying for trademark registration, and submit the name of the exhibition, the evidence of using the trademark on the exhibited goods, the date of exhibition and other supporting documents within three months; Failing to submit a written statement or supporting documents within the time limit shall be deemed as not claiming priority.