The time required to apply for a corporate trademark is about twelve months. A trademark application needs to go through several stages: filing an application, the Trademark Office accepting the application and conducting a preliminary review, announcing the preliminary review, and if there are no objections at the expiration of the announcement period, approving the registration, issuing a trademark registration certificate, and announcing it. The preliminary review period is nine months and the announcement period is three months.
Legal basis
Article 28 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" For a trademark applied for registration, the Trademark Office shall start from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents. If the review is completed within nine months and meets the relevant provisions of this Law, a preliminary review and announcement will be made. Article 33 For a trademark that has been initially approved and announced, within three months from the date of announcement, the prior rights holder or interested parties believe that it violates paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 13 and Article 15 of this Law. , Article 16, Paragraph 1, Article 30, Article 31, and Article 32, or any person believes that Article 4, Article 10, Article 11, Article 10 of this Law has been violated Article 2 and Article 19, paragraph 4, may file an objection with the Trademark Office. If there is no objection at the expiration of the announcement period, the registration will be approved, a trademark registration certificate will be issued, and the announcement will be made.