The trademark transfer process includes: application → acceptance → review → announcement → issuance of transfer certificate. It takes 1-2 months from the State Trademark Office receiving the transfer application documents to issuing the transfer acceptance notice; it takes 4-6 months from the receipt of the transfer acceptance notice for the State Trademark Office to review the trademark proposed for transfer; After passing the review, an approval announcement will be published and a "Certificate of Approval of Transfer of Registered Trademark" will be issued.

Legal Basis

Article 42 of the Trademark Law

When transferring a registered trademark, the transferor and the transferee shall sign a transfer agreement and* **Same application to the Trademark Office. The transferee shall ensure the quality of the goods using the registered trademark.

When transferring a registered trademark, the trademark registrant shall transfer all similar trademarks registered on the same goods, or identical or similar trademarks registered on similar goods.

For transfers that are likely to cause confusion or have other adverse effects, the Trademark Office will not approve the transfer and will notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons. After the transfer of a registered trademark is approved, it will be announced. The assignee shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the trademark from the date of announcement.