Individuals can apply for trademark registration. According to the provisions of my country's Trademark Law: natural persons, legal persons or other organizations that need to obtain exclusive rights to trademarks for the goods they produce, manufacture, process, select or distribute shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration; natural persons, legal persons or other organizations shall apply for trademark registration with the Trademark Office; If the services provided require the exclusive right to use a trademark, they must apply for service trademark registration with the Trademark Office. Therefore individuals can apply for trademark registration.
1. Conditions that need to be met as an individual trademark applicant
1. A natural person shall If you need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, you should apply for trademark registration with the Trademark Office.
2. Two or more natural persons may apply to the Trademark Office to register the same trademark at the same time, and enjoy and exercise the exclusive right to the trademark together.
2. Conditions that a registered trademark needs to meet
1. A trademark should have legal constituent elements
Any product that can be used to identify a natural person, legal person or other organization Visible signs that distinguish the goods of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and color combinations, as well as combinations of the above elements, can be applied for registration as trademarks. Trademarks such as sounds and smells that cannot be perceived visually cannot be registered in my country.
2. Trademarks should have distinctive features
The distinctive features inherent in the mark itself, such as trademarks with novel ideas and unique designs, obtain distinctive features through use, such as directly describing the quality of the goods, etc. Characteristic narrative marks that have acquired distinctive features through use and are easy to identify can be registered as "secondary meaning" trademarks.
3. Materials required for personal registration of a trademark
1. Copies of the applicant’s ID card and registration documents issued by relevant administrative authorities. If you hold a passport, a copy of your passport is required.
2. Fill in the trademark registration application form (in fixed form) and sign at the designated location.
3. 6 black and white pictures of the trademark. The pictures must be clear and the size should be between 5x5 cm and 10x10 cm. If you specify a color, please submit 6 colored patterns and 1 black and white pattern.
4. Individual industrial and commercial households can apply for registered trademarks in the name of the "Individual Industrial and Commercial Household Business License".
5. The scope of goods and services for which a natural person applies for trademark registration shall be limited to the business scope approved by the business license or relevant registration documents, or to the agricultural and sideline products produced by the natural person.
If your personal registered trademark meets the above conditions and you have prepared the specified materials, you can start the trademark registration!