The process of registering a food trademark is that you first need to submit an "Application for Registered Trademark" to the Trademark Office, and then wait for the Trademark Office's reply. If the trademark registration application is rejected and you are not satisfied with the rejection decision, the applicant can apply to the Trademark Office. Apply for review by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board. After successfully registering a trademark, you need to pay attention to the validity period of the trademark registration.

1. What is the process of registering a food trademark? (1) The "Registration Application Acceptance Notice" only indicates that the trademark registration application has been accepted by the Trademark Office, but does not indicate that the application has been approved. (2) If the trademark registration application is rejected, if the applicant is not satisfied with the rejection decision, the applicant may apply to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for review within 15 days from the date of receipt of the rejection notice. (3) If the trademark applied for registration is opposed, if the applicant (i.e. the opponent) is dissatisfied with the Trademark Office’s decision not to register, he may apply to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for review within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice. (4) A trademark remains an unregistered trademark after the application is submitted but before the registration is approved, and must still be used as an unregistered trademark. If the use of the trademark infringes upon the exclusive rights of others to use the trademark, it will not affect the investigation and punishment of the behavior by the relevant industrial and commercial administrative authorities. (5) The validity period of a registered trademark is 10 years, calculated from the date of approval of registration. If the registered trademark expires and needs to be continued to be used, the trademark registrant should go through the renewal procedures within 12 months before expiration. If the trademark registrant fails to apply during this period, it can apply within the six-month extension period after the expiration, but must pay a delay fee for accepting renewal registration. If a renewal application is not submitted after the extension period expires, the Trademark Office will cancel the registered trademark. If the original registrant wants to continue to have the exclusive rights to the trademark, he must resubmit a registration application.

2. How to handle registered trademarks (1) If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the matter, the applicant can voluntarily choose any trademark agency registered with the Trademark Office to handle the matter. All trademark agencies registered with the Trademark Office are published in the "Agency" column. (2) If the applicant goes directly to the trademark hall to apply, the applicant can follow the following steps: Inquiry before applying for trademark registration (not a required procedure) → Prepare application documents → Submit application documents at the trademark hall acceptance window → Go to the coding window Confirm the submission of the application → Pay the trademark registration fee at the payment window and receive the fee receipt. After the applicant receives the receipt, the submission of the trademark registration application is completed. The Trademark Office will issue various documents to the applicant. For the trademark registration review procedure, please refer to the "Trademark Registration Flow Chart". After receiving the "Notice of Collecting the Trademark Registration Certificate", the applicant should go to the Trademark Hall to collect the "Trademark Registration Certificate". It should be noted that if the trademark registration application is rejected, on the one hand the applicant has paid the trademark registration fee, on the other hand it will take time to re-apply for registered trademark, and it is still unknown whether the re-application will be approved for registration. Therefore, before applying for a registered trademark, it is best for applicants to conduct a trademark search to understand the status of prior rights, and then make a judgment based on the search results before submitting the application.