Where a legal person or other organization pledges the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, the pledger and the pledgee shall conclude a written contract and register the pledge with the Trademark Office.

When the Trademark Office handles the pledge registration, the pledge is established.

The Trademark Office does not charge fees for the application for registration, alteration, extension and cancellation of the pledge of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark.

The pledge registration shall be handled by both the pledgee and the pledger. Both parties may entrust the same person or the same agency.

Trademark function:

Trademark registrants enjoy the exclusive right to use a trademark and also have the right to license others to use the trademark for compensation. The term of protection of trademark rights varies from country to country, but after the expiration, the trademark can be renewed indefinitely as long as an extra fee is paid. Trademark protection shall be implemented by the court or administrative organ. In most systems, the courts and administrative organs in charge of trademarks have the right to stop trademark infringement. Generally speaking, the court's decision is final.

Broadly speaking, a trademark is a kind of reward for trademark registrants, which makes their goods or services recognized and economic benefits. Trademarks also encourage creativity and a positive attitude. Trademark protection can also prevent unfair competitors (such as counterfeiters) from using the same or similar trademarks to promote inferior or different products or services. Trademark system can enable skilled and enterprising people to produce and sell goods and services under as fair conditions as possible, thus promoting the development of international trade.

Trademark registration certificate is a written certificate issued for the convenience of trademark registrant, which has the same legal effect as trademark registration certificate. The applicant for trademark registration certificate must be the owner of the registered trademark. This paper introduces the ways, steps, materials, fees and methods of obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate.

Registration steps:

1. Registration preparation, choose the registration method: one is to apply for registration in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; The other is to entrust an experienced trademark agency to organize agency services. It is best to find an authoritative inquiry company to make inquiries before registration, which can reduce the risk of trademark registration and improve the certainty of trademark registration.

2. Prepare materials, including a copy of the trademark pattern, the applicant's ID card and the business license of the enterprise, and submit a copy; An application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the unit.

3. Start applying.

4. Apply according to the classification of goods and services. When applying for registration, the category of goods or services using trademarks shall be determined according to the classification in the Classification Table of Goods and Services; Where the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, it shall apply for registration according to different categories.

5. The date of application shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. Then there are three procedures: trademark examination, preliminary examination announcement and registration announcement.

6. Obtain a trademark registration certificate.