On May 1 2065438, the new Trademark Law came into effect, and the Trademark Office changed the process of trademark acceptance, putting the previous correction procedure as far as possible before acceptance, because according to the provisions of the new Trademark Law, once acceptance must be concluded within 9 months, if there are correction problems during the period, it will undoubtedly affect the review progress of the Trademark Office. If it is more than 9 months, it is overdue and violates the provisions of the trademark law.

Legal basis:

Regulations on the implementation of trademark law

Article 18 The date of application for trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents.

If the application procedures for trademark registration are complete, the application documents are complete and the payment of fees meets the requirements, the Trademark Office will accept it and notify the applicant in writing; If the application procedures are incomplete, the application documents are not filled in as required or the fees are not paid, the Trademark Office will not accept the application, and notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons. Where the application procedures are basically complete or the application documents basically meet the requirements, but need to be corrected, the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant to make corrections, and limit him to make corrections according to the specified contents and return them to the Trademark Office within 30 days from the date of receiving the notice. If it is corrected and returned to the Trademark Office within the prescribed time limit, the date of application shall be retained; If it fails to make corrections within the time limit or fails to make corrections as required, the Trademark Office will not accept it and notify the applicant in writing.

The provisions on acceptance conditions in the second paragraph of this article shall apply to handling other trademark matters.

trademark act

Article 28 The Trademark Office shall, within nine months from the date of receiving the application documents for trademark registration, complete the examination of the trademark applied for registration, and if it meets the relevant provisions of this Law, make a preliminary examination and approval announcement.

Article 29 In the course of examination, if the Trademark Office considers that the contents of the application for trademark registration need to be explained or modified, it may request the applicant to make explanations or modifications. If the applicant does not make explanations or amendments, it will not affect the examination decision of the Trademark Office.