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Does the trademark registration certificate need to be changed if the company changes its name?

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The process of changing the name of a trademark registration company is as follows: 1. After the application documents are prepared and submitted to the Trademark Office, the trademark will be obtained in 3-5 working days. Acceptance reply letter. Since China's trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once you have a dispute over trademark rights with other companies, the company with the first filing date will be protected by law. Therefore, it is very important to establish the filing date. The filing date shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. 2. Formal review: It will take about 3-4 months from the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents to issue a paper "Notice of Acceptance". Receipt of the paper "Notice of Acceptance" proves that the application documents have been approved by the Trademark Office. After formal review, it enters the substantive review stage. 3. It will take about 6-8 months after the examination acceptance notice to complete the substantive examination. If the trademark passes the substantive examination, the Trademark Office will issue a preliminary approval announcement for a period of three months. 4. Preliminary Examination Announcement If no one raises any objection after the expiration of the preliminary examination announcement period, the Trademark Office will issue a registration announcement. The registration announcement proves that the trademark has been approved and the trademark applicant has obtained the exclusive right to the trademark. 5. It takes about 1-2 months from the date of publication of the registration announcement to obtain the trademark registration certificate. Note: Only one address can be filled in the "Applicant Address" column in the application form; if the applicant is a natural person, the mailing address can be filled in directly; if the applicant is an organization, the address on the identity document should be filled in. The trademark application must go through scanning, input, classification of graphic elements, classification of trademarks into cards, classification of goods and services, etc., before financial reconciliation is carried out. After settling the accounts at the end of each month, the Trademark Office will issue the "Unified Central Non-Tax Revenue" to the applicant. "Bill", the bill will be uniformly mailed to the acceptance office, and will be forwarded to the trademark applicant by the acceptance office. Therefore, the issuance time of the bills is expected to be about 4 months. Article 30 of the "Trademark Law Implementation Regulations"