a trademark has a valid period, and the protection period is ten years. If you need to continue to use it after the expiration, you can just go through the formalities of trademark renewal. Trademark renewal is just a process, and there is no risk. Find a reliable agency to handle it.

where it is necessary to continue to use a registered trademark after its expiration, it shall go through the formalities for renewal in accordance with the provisions within 12 months before its expiration; If it fails to be handled during this period, a six-month extension period may be granted.

if the renewal formalities are not completed at the expiration of the period, the registered trademark shall be cancelled.

in other words, if the trademark renewal formalities are completed within six months after the expiration of the trademark, then the trademark will be saved only by paying the delay fee for trademark renewal. A renewal can extend the validity of a trademark right for ten years, not from the time when the renewal is completed, but from the day after the last expiration of the trademark. In this case, the expiration of the trademark will not invalidate the trademark, so contact the trademark agent quickly to renew the trademark.

The content of this article comes from: China Law Publishing House's "All-knowing Series of Common Sense of Legal Life".