Function:

1. The TM mark is not only a reminder that this is a trademark, but more importantly, the trademark mark TM can play a certain protective role; but if the trademark has not been trademarked If the registration is approved by the Trademark Office, the legal protection it receives is not very strong. Only when the unregistered trademark reaches a certain degree of popularity can it obtain legal protection to a certain extent. Article 58 of the Trademark Law.

2. Most trademarks can be marked with the "TM" mark. The TM on the trademark has its own special meaning. The TM mark does not protect the trademark. It is different from R. TM is the abbreviation of TradeMark. This includes both the registered trademark R and the direct use of unregistered trademarks that have not been approved by the Trademark Office.

Extended information

The following signs shall not be registered as trademarks:

(1) Only the common name, graphics and model of the product;

(2) Only directly express the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity and other characteristics of the goods;

(3) Other lack of distinctive features.

If the signs listed in the preceding paragraph acquire distinctive features through use and are easy to identify, they may be registered as trademarks.

Article 25 of the Trademark Law:

Within six months from the date when the trademark registration application is first filed in a foreign country, the applicant for trademark registration registers another trademark in China. If a trademark registration application is filed for the same goods with the same trademark, the foreign country may enjoy priority in accordance with the agreement signed by the foreign country with China or the international treaty to which both countries are parties, or in accordance with the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

If you claim priority in accordance with the preceding paragraph, you must submit a written statement when filing an application for trademark registration, and submit a copy of the first trademark registration application document within three months; if you fail to submit a written statement Or if a copy of the trademark registration application document is not submitted within the time limit, it will be deemed that priority has not been claimed.

Reference materials: Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China: Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China