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How long is the trademark objection period? The dissenter can only raise an objection to the trademark announced after the preliminary examination and approval within the objection period. The objection period is 3 months, from the date of the announcement of the preliminary examination and approval of the objected trademark to the day before the registration announcement.
The objection raised by the dissenter shall be based on clear requests and facts, and supported by corresponding evidence. If evidence cannot be submitted when filing an objection application, it shall be declared in the objection application, and the evidence shall be submitted within 3 months from the date of filing the objection application (it can be submitted by mail within 3 months).
The last day of the objection period is a legal holiday, which can be extended to the first working day after the holiday.
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1. The dissenter can only object to the trademark that has been preliminarily approved in the trademark announcement.
2. The time limit for trademark objection defense is 30 days, counting from the date of receiving the notice of defense. The requirements and deadlines for correcting objections and submitting evidence also apply to the defense procedure.
3. If the objection fee is paid by bank remittance, a copy of the remittance slip retained by the objector shall be sent to the Trademark Office together with the objection application. When the Trademark Office receives an objection application, if it does not receive a copy of the money order, it will send a notice of payment to the objector. The dissenter shall pay the fee according to the notice of payment, and send a copy of the money order together with the notice of payment to the Trademark Office.
4. Date when the objector submits the objection application to the Trademark Office: if it is submitted directly, the date of submission shall prevail; By post, the postmark date shall prevail; If the postmark date is unclear or there is no postmark, the date actually received by the Trademark Office shall prevail.
5. Due to the technical reasons of paper trademark announcement typesetting, the registered announcement of the objected trademark can be published in the trademark announcement where the objection application is filed in the last month of the objection period. Therefore, the second paragraph of Article 23 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law stipulates: "If the objected trademark has been announced before the objection ruling takes effect, the original registration announcement shall be revoked and the registered trademark approved by the objection ruling shall be re-announced."