Food trademarks are Class 29, Class 30 and Class 31 trademarks.
(1) Category 29 includes meat, seafood, pickled or dried fruits and vegetables, dairy products, processed nuts and other cooked foods;
(2) Category 30 includes Coffee, candy, condiments, bread, pastries, rice, noodles and other convenience foods;
(3) Category 31 includes unprocessed cereals, fruits, dried fruits, fresh vegetables, fruits and live animals, etc. Fresh food.
Food trademarks are actually food brands. It is a mark specially used by food production companies on the food produced by the company. Its forms include Chinese character trademarks, English trademarks, graphic trademarks, and combination trademarks that combine the above elements. Trademarks are also a guarantee of product quality, and production companies must be responsible for the quality of food using trademarks.
1. Processed food
Class 29: processed meat, fish, poultry and game, gravy, pickled, frozen, dried and cooked Fruits and vegetables, jellies, jams, preserves, eggs, milk and milk products, edible oils and greases.
2. Convenience food, fast moving consumer goods
That is, Class 30: coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, edible starch, sago, coffee substitutes, flour and cereals Products, bread, pastries and confectionery, iced foods, honey, syrup, fresh yeast, baking powder, salt, mustard, vinegar, sauces (condiments), spices for seasoning, drinking ice.
3. Unprocessed agricultural products
That is, Class 31: agricultural, horticultural, forestry products and grains not included in other categories, live animals, fresh fruits and vegetables, Seeds, plants and flowers, animal feed, malt.
What are the food trademark registration procedures?
(1) Registration preparation. Choose the registration method: one is to apply for registration at the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; the other is to entrust a company Experienced trademark agents organize agency services.
(2) Prepare materials, including pictures of food trademarks, apply for copies of people's ID cards and enterprise "Business Licenses" and submit copies; apply for trademark registration with the official seal of the unit.
(3) Start the application
(4) Submit the application according to the classification of goods and services. When applying for food trademark registration, the food category for which the trademark is used should be determined according to the classification of the goods and services classification table; if the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of food, he should file registration applications according to different categories.
(5) Determination of the application date. The application date shall be based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. Next are the three procedures of trademark review, preliminary review announcement, and registration announcement.
Legal basis:
"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 22 Applicants for trademark registration shall fill in the categories of goods for which the trademark is used according to the prescribed commodity classification table. and product name, submit an application for registration. A trademark registration applicant can apply to register the same trademark for multiple categories of goods through one application. Trademark registration applications and other relevant documents can be submitted in writing or by data message