1. Application documents to be submitted:
A. To apply for changing the name of the trademark applicant/registrant, submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) A copy of the applicant's main qualification certificate (such as a copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of a natural person, etc.) confirmed by the applicant's seal or signature (if it is directly handled in the registration hall of the Trademark Office or the office of the Trademark Office in Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) A copy of the ID card of the agent submitted by the applicant directly in the trademark registration hall; Submit the Power of Attorney if it is entrusted to a trademark agency;
(4) certificate of change issued by the registration authority. If the registrant is an enterprise, it shall issue a certificate of change from the registration department of the administrative department for industry and commerce; If the registrant is a public institution, it shall issue a certificate of change from the competent authority of the public institution; If the registrant is a natural person, it shall issue a certificate of change issued by the police station where the account is located. The name before change and the name after change on the certificate shall be consistent with the name before change and the name of the applicant on the application. If a foreign enterprise or foreigner only needs to change its Chinese translation name, it shall provide a statement that the foreign enterprise or foreigner has applied for changing its Chinese translation name.
B. To apply for changing the address of the trademark applicant/registrant, submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) the original of the applicant's qualification certificate (such as the copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of the natural person, etc.) and the copy of the applicant's seal or signature confirmation (the original is returned after comparison);
(3) A copy of the ID card of the agent submitted by the applicant directly in the trademark registration hall; Submit the Power of Attorney if it is entrusted to a trademark agency;
(4) if the address of the trademark applicant/registrant is changed, it is not necessary to submit the certificate of change, except for the transnational change of address. If a natural person changes his/her address across national boundaries, he/she shall submit a certificate of right of abode in the country where the changed address is located.
C. To apply for changing the management rules on the use of collective trademarks/certification trademarks, submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) the original of the applicant's qualification certificate (such as the copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of the natural person, etc.) and the copy of the applicant's seal or signature confirmation (the original is returned after comparison);
(3) A copy of the ID card of the agent submitted by the applicant directly in the trademark registration hall; Submit the Power of Attorney if it is entrusted to a trademark agency;
(4) the changed management rules for the use of collective trademarks/certification trademarks. If it involves the change of geographical indications' regional scope, it is necessary to submit the historical data defining the geographical scope of geographical indications products or the documents certifying the change of geographical scope issued by the people's government at or above the county level or the competent department of industry where geographical indications are located.
D. To apply for changing the list of collective members of a collective trademark, submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) the original of the applicant's qualification certificate (such as the copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of the natural person, etc.) and the copy of the applicant's seal or signature confirmation (the original is returned after comparison);
(3) A copy of the ID card of the agent submitted by the applicant directly in the trademark registration hall; Submit the Power of Attorney if it is entrusted to a trademark agency;
(4) List of collective members of the changed collective trademark.
e. To apply for the change of trademark agent, submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) the original of the applicant's qualification certificate (such as the copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of the natural person, etc.) and the copy of the applicant's seal or signature confirmation (the original is returned after comparison);
(3) Power of Attorney signed by the applicant and the changed trademark agency.
F if a foreigner/foreign enterprise applies to change the recipient of domestic documents, it shall submit the following documents:
(1) Application Form;
(2) the original of the applicant's qualification certificate (such as the copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of a natural person, etc.) and the copy of the applicant's seal or signature confirmation (the original will be returned after comparison).
2. Specific instructions:
(1) Fill in the application form one by one, and it must be typed or printed. If the applicant is a natural person, he/she should fill in the ID number after his/her name, and if a foreign natural person fills in the passport number
(2) When going through the alteration formalities, each trademark (each registration number) should fill in an application form for alteration and affix the seal of the applicant, and if it is handled through a trademark agency, the agent's seal is also required.
(3) Other documents for handling the change formalities need to be signed or sealed by the applicant for confirmation.
(4) If the trademark applied for change is a trademark of * * *, the following documents shall also be submitted:
1. If there is a trademark representative in the application for change of * * *, an application for change of the name/address of the registrant shall be filled in, and a statement of consent of other * * * owners shall also be submitted.
2. If you apply to change the name of the trademark * * *, whether it is to change the name of all * * * owners or some * * * owners, or to change the name of the trademark representative, you should fill in the names of all * * * owners in the application form. The name and address of the representative should be written on the first page of the application, and the names of other * * * people should be written on the attached page of the application, and other * * * people do not need to fill in the address.
3. if the name and address of the representative are changed, the name and address of the changed representative should be written in the column of the applicant's name and address on the first page of the application, and the name and address of the representative before the change should be written in the column of the name and address before the change on the first page of the application, and the corresponding certificate of name change should be attached. If the name and address of the representative have not changed, and the name of other * * * people applies for change, the columns of name before change and address before change on the first page of the application need not be filled in.
4. If the name of other * * * owners changes, the names of other * * * owners before the change and the names of other * * * owners after the change (hereinafter referred to as the name list before the change and the name list after the change) should be filled in respectively, and the corresponding change certificates should be attached. If the names of other * * * people have not changed, the names of the * * * people who have not changed should be filled in the list of names before change and the list of names after change on the attached page of the application.
(5) If the application documents are in a foreign language, a Chinese translation shall be provided.
(6) if a trademark that has not been registered needs to apply for change, it shall be handled in accordance with the above provisions.
(II) Submission of application documents
If the applicant directly handles it, the application documents shall be submitted directly at the application acceptance window in the trademark registration hall; Where a trademark agency is entrusted, the trademark agency shall submit the application documents to the Trademark Office.
(III) Payment of change fees
The application is charged by category, and the change fee for one category is 5 yuan RMB.
if the applicant handles it directly, it will be paid directly at the payment window of the trademark registration hall; Where a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the matter, the Trademark Office shall deduct the fees from the account of the trademark agency.
V. Precautions
1. If the name or address of a trademark registrant is changed, the trademark registrant shall change all its registered trademarks together.
2. After the change application is submitted, the Trademark Office will accept the change application that meets the acceptance conditions; Do not meet the acceptance conditions, will not be accepted.
3. If the change application needs to be corrected, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of correction/correction, informing the applicant to make correction/correction within a time limit. If the applicant fails to make corrections as required within the prescribed time limit, the Trademark Office has the right to regard the application for change as abandonment or disapproval.
4. After the application for change is approved, the Trademark Office will issue a certificate of change to the applicant.
5. If the change application is deemed to be abandoned or not approved, the Trademark Office will issue a Notice of deemed abandonment or a Notice of Not Approved.
6. After the trademark change application is approved, the change certificate will only be issued to the representative. If other people need it, they should apply for a replacement certificate.
7. If the applicant directly handles it, the Trademark Office will send the corresponding documents to the applicant by mail according to the address filled in the application; If it is handled through a trademark agency, it shall be served on the agency.
8. The category of the application shall be filled in according to the international classification approved by the Trademark Registration Certificate.
9. In case of changing the agent/domestic recipient who has not used the application for cancellation, objection, objection review or rejection of registration review for three consecutive years, the application for changing the agent/domestic recipient shall be submitted directly to the trial department of the procedure, and the agent/domestic recipient for changing, transferring, renewing or canceling the application cannot be changed. I hope I can help you to adopt it.