Legal analysis: Trademark application for protection is a way for trademark holders to apply to the local trademark office for legal protection according to law when they think that their trademark exclusive right has been illegally infringed by others. Moreover, the scope of protection of the exclusive right to use a trademark mentioned above is limited to the registered trademark and the goods approved for use.
legal basis: according to the first paragraph of Article 22 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, an applicant for trademark registration shall fill in the category and name of the goods using the trademark according to the prescribed commodity classification table and file a registration application. Article 23 stipulates that if a registered trademark needs to obtain the exclusive right to use the trademark on goods outside the approved scope of use, it shall file a separate application for registration. Article 56 stipulates that the exclusive right to use a registered trademark is limited to the trademark approved for registration and the goods approved for use.