Legal analysis: Trademark agents mainly engage in the following agency activities for enterprises:
1. Act as an agent for trademark applicants to conduct trademark inquiries before registration applications to determine whether their trademarks can be registered. The trademark owner conducts a search before using an unregistered trademark to enter the market to determine whether the trademark infringes upon the prior trademark rights of others.
2. Act as an agent for trademark registration application, trademark rejection review, trademark opposition, opposition defense, objection review, trademark dispute, dispute defense, improper trademark registration or cancellation of non-use for 3 years, cancellation defense, etc. related to trademark rights confirmation Legal matters in proceedings.
3. Agent for registration renewal, transfer registration, licensing contract filing, change of registrant’s name or address, reissue of registration certificate and other related matters.
4. Represent Chinese applicants in handling trademark international registration abroad and various legal matters during the registration application process.
5. Act as an agent for customs filing of trademark rights.
6. Act as an agent to resolve trademark infringement disputes, trademark infringement complaints and other legal matters.
7. Represent foreign applicants to apply for trademark registration and other trademark legal affairs in China.
Legal basis: "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 3 Trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office are registered trademarks, including commodity trademarks, service trademarks, collective trademarks, and certification marks; trademark registration Everyone has the exclusive right to use a trademark and is protected by law.
The term "collective trademark" as mentioned in this Law refers to a mark registered in the name of a group, association or other organization for use by members of the organization in commercial activities to indicate the user's membership in the organization.
The term "certification trademark" as used in this Law means that it is controlled by an organization with the ability to supervise certain goods or services and is used by units or individuals other than the organization to certify the goods or services. The origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other signs of specific quality of the goods or services.
Special matters concerning the registration and management of collective trademarks and certification marks shall be stipulated by the industrial and commercial administration department of the State Council.