First, to establish an office
You should apply for registration with the local industrial and commercial administration bureau (that is, the industrial and commercial bureau) where you are located. The process is basically the same as registering a domestic company. The procedures and styles will be slightly different in each place. It depends on the specific situation. You can view the attached picture below. It is part of the certificate of registration of an office. ? The required documents are the office address and the relevant company registration materials of the house company. The time varies from place to place, but where I am it is around January.
Second: Trademark registration
To register a trademark now, you can find a trademark agency, or you can go directly to the Trademark Office to apply for registration directly. The general procedure is as follows:
< p>The first thing to do is to inquire:Trademark inquiry refers to the inquiry by the trademark registration applicant or his agent whether the trademark applied for is the same as or similar to the prior rights trademark before filing the registration application. Work. Inquiry is not a necessary procedure for trademark application and registration. The scope of inquiry is limited to the registered trademarks and trademarks under application that have entered the Trademark Office database from the date of inquiry, and does not include information on prior rights under review. The results have no legal effect. It is for reference only and is not the basis for the Trademark Office to approve or reject the application.
After that, it will be submitted to the review stage:
Trademark review is divided into formal review and substantive review. ①Trademark form review (3-4 months), it is very important to establish the application date. Since trademark registration in my country adopts the first-to-file principle, once the application date occurs, it becomes the legal basis for determining trademark rights. The application date for trademark registration is determined by the Trademark Office The date on which the application is received shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the trademark application and will issue an acceptance notice to the application that meets the formal requirements. ②Trademark substantive review (12 months). Trademark substantive review is the inspection, data retrieval, analysis and comparison conducted by the trademark registration authority to determine whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law.
Announcement:
Trademark approval 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.
When choosing an agency, you generally need to register the following points: 1. Find a strong agency; 2. Find an agency registered with the National Trademark Office. The registration information can be checked on the Trademark Office website; 3. Yes Find an introduction or recommendation from a friend who has done trademark work.
Let me recommend you an agency called Wanwen Intellectual Property Management Agency, which is an intellectual property agency in Beijing. They have branches in Beijing and Ningbo, Zhejiang, etc., and can handle trademark registration, Trademark renewal, trademark change, trademark transfer and transaction services. Hope this helps.