Answer to a trademark objection means that the prior rights holder or interested parties believe that the trademark that has been initially determined and announced by the Trademark Office is not legal, and they submit to the Trademark Office within 3 months from the date of announcement that they should not be granted a trademark objection. Register for comments. 1. The opponent can only object to a trademark that has been preliminarily approved by the Trademark Office and published in the Trademark Announcement within the objection period. The opposition period is 3 months, calculated from the date of the preliminary approval announcement of the opposed trademark to the day before the registration announcement. 2. The objection raised by the opponent should have a clear request and factual basis and be supported by corresponding evidence. If the evidence cannot be submitted when filing the objection application, it should be stated in the objection application, and the evidence should be submitted within 3 months from the date of submission of the objection application (supplementary submission can be made by mail within 3 months). 3. If the last day of the objection period is a legal holiday, it can be postponed to the first working day after the holiday. 4. If the opposition fee is paid by bank transfer, a copy of the remittance slip kept by the opponent should be sent to the Trademark Office together with the opposition application. When the Trademark Office receives the objection application, if it does not receive a copy of the remittance order, the Trademark Office will send a "Payment Notice" to the opponent. The opponent should pay the fees in accordance with the "Payment Notice" and mail a copy of the retained remittance slip to the Trademark Office together with the "Payment Notice". 5. After receiving the trademark objection application, the Trademark Office will issue an "Acceptance Notice" if it meets the acceptance conditions after formal review. If the objection application is submitted by the opponent himself, the Trademark Office will directly send the "Notice of Acceptance" to the opponent; if a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the trademark opposition application, the Trademark Office will send the "Notice of Acceptance" to the opponent. Trademark agency. 6. The time limit for trademark objection defense is 30 days, calculated from the date of receipt of the defense notice. The requirements and time limits for supplementing objections and submitting evidence also apply to the defense process. 7. The date on which the opponent submits the opposition application to the Trademark Office: if submitted directly, the date of submission shall prevail; if submitted by mail, the date of the postmark shall prevail; if the date of the postmark is unclear or there is no postmark, the date of receipt by the Trademark Office shall prevail. Subject to date. 8. Due to technical reasons for the layout of the paper "Trademark Announcement", opposition applications generally filed in the last month of the opposition period may also publish the registration announcement of the opposed trademark in the "Trademark Announcement". Therefore, the "Trademark Law Implementation Regulations" Paragraph 2 of Article 23 stipulates: "If the trademark being opposed has published a registration announcement before the opposition ruling takes effect, the original registration announcement shall be revoked, and the trademark approved for registration after the opposition ruling will be re-announced." "Trademark" published on the 28th of every month Announcement" publishes trademark objections and opposition rulings. 9. Due to the change of the address of the opponent or the objected person, the Trademark Office issues a notice of objection, and the post office cannot deliver it and returns it. The Trademark Office will publish a delivery announcement in the "Trademark Bulletin" published on the 21st of every month. The document shall be deemed to have been served 30 days from the date of publication of the announcement. [2]Trademark objection