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General procedures and procedures for trademark registration

First, the trademark registration application procedure and the personal trademark registration process cost time, general process procedures

1. The applicant applies for trademark registration and provides a copy of the business license with the official seal of the company;

2. The applicant needs to pay the 27 yuan application fee to register the trademark;

3. The time for trademark registration is about 4-8 months. Normally, an acceptance number will be issued within one working day, and Chinese trademarks will be displayed online in one week.

4. The staff of the trademark registration hall will review the application documents first. If the application procedures are incomplete and the application documents are not filled in as required, the application documents will be returned on the spot; If it basically meets the requirements, it shall receive the application documents. After that, the Trademark Office will further examine the application documents.

5. The Trademark Office will issue a notice of payment to those who pass the further examination, and the applicant will accept the payment and issue a Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration Application. After further examination, it basically meets the requirements, but it needs to be corrected, and the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant to make corrections. The applicant shall, within 3 days from the date of receiving the notice, make corrections according to the specified contents and return them to the Trademark Office. If it is corrected and returned within the prescribed time limit, the date of application shall be retained; If it is not corrected at the expiration of the time limit or if it is not corrected as required, the Trademark Office will not accept it.

6. Fill in the printed Application for Trademark Registration in accordance with the regulations, and sign it by the applicant, trademark pattern, copy of business license of individual industrial and commercial households and copy of identification documents.

7. The trademark applied for registration shall have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and shall not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. Where a trademark applied for registration does not conform to the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law or is identical with or similar to a trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by others on the same or similar goods, the Trademark Office shall reject the application and will not make an announcement. The applicant consults the Trademark Law, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law, the Trademark Examination and Trial Guide and other relevant provisions on the China Trademark Online.

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The International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration (Nice Classification) gives the general classification principles of goods and services. Applicants can consult it. Generally speaking, the names of goods or services listed in the category title constitute the general names of the general scope of these goods or services in principle. So to determine the classification of each commodity or service, you have to look at the alphabetical classification table.

where an application for trademark registration is made by color combination or coloring pattern, the coloring pattern shall be submitted, and one black-and-white manuscript shall be submitted; If no color is specified, a black and white pattern shall be submitted. For the black-and-white manuscripts required for color combination trademarks and trademarks with specified colors, a separate plate should be made to make a clear black-and-white pattern, and the original pattern cannot be simply copied. The black-and-white draft may not be submitted at the time of registration application, and China National Intellectual Property Administration will notify the applicant to submit it separately if necessary for subsequent review.

III. Precautions

A collective trademark refers to a sign registered in the name of a group, association or other organization for members of the organization to use in commercial activities, so as to show the membership of users in the organization. Geographical indications are indications that a commodity comes from a certain region, and the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the commodity are mainly determined by natural factors or human factors in the region.