4. Pay the trademark registration application fees as required. (Trademark registration fee: 1,000 yuan) 5. Filling in the product name and service items is a very important item in the "Trademark Reg
4. Pay the trademark registration application fees as required. (Trademark registration fee: 1,000 yuan) 5. Filling in the product name and service items is a very important item in the "Trademark Registration Application", which is related to the scope of exclusive rights protection of the applied trademark. According to the provisions of Articles 13 and 15 of the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law", applications for trademark registration shall be made in accordance with the published goods and services classification table, and the product names or service items shall be filled in according to the goods and services classification. If the product name or service item is not included in the classification list, a description of the product or service should be attached. At present, our country adopts the "International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration and Use" (Nice Classification) that is used uniformly by most countries in the world. It has adopted the eighth edition since January 1, 2002. At the same time, the Trademark Office also formulated the "Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services" based on the above-mentioned classification table. Applicants can fill in the goods or services according to the above classification table and distinction table. If the product name or service item is not included in the classification list, a description of the product or service should be attached. The goods/services filled in each application form can only be limited to one category. 6. If you entrust a trademark agency organization to apply for trademark registration, you must also submit a power of attorney, which shall specify the content and authority of the agency. 4. Applications for several special types of trademarks. To apply for ordinary trademark registration on general goods or services, the application procedures are basically complete if the above documents are submitted and the application form is filled in as required. If you apply for registration of certain special types of trademarks, there are special requirements, and the following documents must be submitted according to different circumstances. 1. When applying for registration of a collective trademark or certification mark, a statement must be made in the application form, and a certificate of subject qualifications and the management rules for the use of the trademark must be attached. The applicant for a collective trademark should be a group, association or other organization, rather than the usual producer or operator. When applying for registration of a certification mark or applying for registration of a geographical indication as a collective mark, materials should also be attached to describe in detail the professional and technical personnel, testing equipment, registered capital, etc. it has to show that it has the ability to identify the certification mark or geographical indication. The ability to certify or mark the specific qualities of goods. 2. If you apply for trademark registration with a three-dimensional mark (three-dimensional mark), you should declare it in the application and submit a drawing that can determine the three-dimensional shape, that is, provide an overall rendering of the mark. The number of images in the pattern can be determined according to the shape of the three-dimensional logo. It can be one front side of the three-dimensional shape, or it can include several sides of the three-dimensional shape, but no matter how many sides it contains, it should ultimately be produced on a piece of paper within 10 × 10 cm. 3. If you apply for trademark registration with a color combination, you should declare it in the application, submit the color drawing, and give a written description of the applied color. 4. If you apply for registration of a portrait as a trademark, you must submit a statement from the portrait owner agreeing to the applicant's application for registration of the trademark as a portrait, and the statement must be notarized by a notary public. Trademark registration procedure (2) - Conditions that must be met when applying for registration 1. Only individuals or groups meeting the following conditions can apply for trademarks in my country: The applicant for trademark registration must be an enterprise established in accordance with the law. Public institutions. social groups. Individual business persons. Individual partnerships or foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that have signed an agreement with China or participated in international treaties with the Chinese Communist Party or handled on the basis of reciprocity. Meet the above conditions. When you need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, you must submit a trademark registration application to the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis (from November 1, 2001, the my country Trademark Office began to accept applications for registered trademarks from natural persons). 2. File an application according to the classification of goods and services: At present, my country's trademark law implements the International Classification of Goods, which divides more than 10,000 kinds of goods and services into 42 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 8 categories of services. kind. When applying for trademark registration, the category of goods or services 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 goods, he should apply for registration in different categories according to the classification of goods. This can avoid unfair expansion of the scope of application of trademark rights, and is also conducive to the approval of examiners and the protection of exclusive rights to the trademark.3. Determination of the trademark application date: It is very important to establish the application date. Since my country’s trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once the application date occurs, it becomes the legal basis for determining the trademark rights. The application date for trademark registration shall be when the Trademark Office receives the application form. The date of the document shall prevail (the minimum unit of date is 'day'). Trademark registration procedure (3) - Trademark review The concept and required documents of trademark review Trademark review is an inspection conducted by the trademark registration authority to see whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law. Data retrieval. Analyze and compare. A series of activities such as investigating and studying and deciding to give preliminary approval or reject the application. During the review process of a trademark application, the Trademark Office will issue various documents to the applicant. The main documents are: Trademark Acceptance Notice. If the Trademark Office requires the applicant to make certain modifications to the original application content during the review process and reply , then the applicant will also be served with a notice of correction, a notice of rejection and other documents. Trademark Registration Procedure (4) - The approval of a trademark announced in the preliminary examination refers to the decision to allow registration of a trademark registration application that complies with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after review. And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement". If no one raises any objection to a preliminary approval trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary approval announcement, the trademark will be registered and a registration announcement will be published at the same time. Trademark Registration Procedure (5) - Registration Announcement Trademark registration is a trademark legal process. The trademark registration applicant submits an application, and after review by the Trademark Office, a preliminary review and announcement will be made. If no one raises an objection within three months or the objection is ruled to be invalid, the trademark will be registered and effective, protected by law, and the trademark registrant will enjoy the trademark. exclusive rights. It takes about one to one and a half years from application to approval of registration for a trademark. Validity Period of a Registered Trademark A registered trademark is valid for ten years, starting from the date of approval of registration. If the registered trademark expires and you need to continue to use it, you can apply for trademark renewal registration. Trademark registration procedure (6) - If you receive the trademark registration certificate through an agent, the agent will send the "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the trademark registrant. For direct trademark registration, the trademark registrant should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the trademark registration certificate within three months after receiving the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate". At the same time, he should also bring: (1) Letter of introduction for obtaining the trademark registration certificate; (2) Identity card and copy of the recipient; (3) Original copy of the business license, the copy should be stamped with the seal of the local industrial and commercial department; (4) Notice of receipt of the trademark registration certificate; (5) Attached work required if the name of the trademark registrant is changed Certificate of change issued by the department. Another: Trademark registration application time: A newly applied trademark generally takes about one year from application to issuance, of which application acceptance and formal review takes about one month, substantive review takes about four to five months, and the objection period is three It takes about three months from the approval announcement to the issuance of the certificate.