What are the consequences of not making timely changes?

1. Impact on trademark transfer and licensing

When the applicant transfers the trademark or licenses it to others to use, if If you change the registration information of a trademark and fail to file it with the Trademark Office in time, the Trademark Office will not approve the review and reject the application. The Trademark Office will not approve the trademark transfer or trademark license application until the applicant has completed the change procedures. .

2. Affecting the accumulation of evidence of trademark use

Anyone can apply to cancel a registered trademark that has not been used by others for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons. When encountering a trademark "withdrawal" application, the applicant must submit corresponding evidence of trademark use. If the applicant fails to file with the Trademark Office in time after changing the trademark registration information, the credibility of the trademark use evidence submitted will be greatly reduced and it will be difficult for the applicant to be accepted by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board.

3. Affects the processing of trademark renewal

Generally, the validity period of a registered trademark is ten years. The applicant needs to apply twelve months before or six months after the expiration of the trademark exclusive right. Apply for the corresponding trademark renewal so that you can continue to enjoy the exclusive rights to the trademark. If the Trademark Office examines the applicant's trademark renewal application and finds that the trademark registration information has been changed but has not been filed, it will not be approved. In serious cases, the Trademark Office may even cancel the registered trademark, and the applicant's trademark exclusive rights will be lost. Just lost.