Many friends want to register their trademarks, and we are often required to ensure that they can get a trademark registration certificate. However, the trademark in China is registered first. If people have the trademark you want to register, the ones behind you will not be able to register.

So, how can we know if someone else has registered a trademark? This involves trademark inquiry. Only through inquiry can we determine whether a trademark can be registered or not.

However, is it possible to register a trademark if it is not found during trademark inquiry? This is not certain, because there is a time difference in trademark inquiry. For example, people apply for a trademark, but at this time, it has not been entered into the trademark system, so it is impossible to find it at this time. This is what we usually call a blind spot. That is to say, if a trademark inquiry is not registered, it does not mean that it has not been applied, but it may be in the process of application.

So what's the use of trademark inquiry? Yes, if there are similar trademarks, you don't need to register them, so you can save money, because the Trademark Office will charge money for a trademark, no matter whether it is registered successfully or not. Now, if you find that the trademark can't be registered after inquiry, will you save this money if you don't register it?

Therefore, from the perspective of safety and risk reduction, trademark inquiry is still very necessary.

warm reminder: there is a restriction on an individual registered trademark, that is, he cannot be a natural person, and he must have an individual business license or a company legal person license.