The answer is no. Due to the popularity of cross-border e-commerce, more and more people are applying for U.S. trademarks. In order to save more costs, some agencies operate in violation of regulations, falsely submit information, and forge lawyers. Signatures, etc., resulting in US trademark registration becoming more and more strict.
For this reason, the U.S. Trademark Office stipulates that starting from August 6, 2022, U.S. trademark registration applications must be signed and submitted by a licensed U.S. attorney.
If you directly find an American lawyer by yourself and pay by the hour, a trademark costs almost 1,000 US dollars, communication costs, professional unfamiliarity, and the lawyer you find yourself is also at risk of being deceived. The seller will lose more than just a trademark registration fee. .
American Standard registration spans a long time. When applying for a trademark, you must choose a regular trademark agency. The price difference of a meal will not only lose the application fee of a trademark, but also the later rights protection. Cost, difficulty in obtaining evidence, time and energy consumed by the company, etc.
It is recommended that you seek an agency to assist you in registering a US trademark, and try to choose a company with high credibility and rich experience. Compliance and safety are the most important.
The following is a list of the information and registration process required for registering a US trademark:
Because the number of US trademark registrations is too large, the risk of trademark registration with the same name or similarity is high, so registration The search work before registration is particularly important. Before registration, you can provide the trademark name to Xiaocheng to make a pre-judgment and reduce the risk of similar rejection.
1. Apply in the name of an individual
1. Scanned copy of personal ID card
2. Trademark name or picture
3. Trademark Classification of trademark information confirmation form
4. Evidence of use (offline usage pictures and online sales links)
2. Application in the name of the company
1. Business Scanned copy of license
2. Trademark name or picture
3. Trademark information confirmation form for trademark category
4. Evidence of use (offline usage pictures and online Sales link)
Three, if you cannot provide evidence of use, you can apply for intention to use. The process is as follows:
1. Application for intention (application information, trademark information, logo, product details) ?You can use the TM mark after submission is completed
2. Review (trademark similarity)
3. Review and pass the review and issue the supplementary and corrected documents (the current review time is 6-8 months)
4. Pay the supplementary and correction official fee for supporting documents used after supplementary application (check whether they have started to be used) (1-3 months)
5. Notify the announcement time after the supplementary correction is approved
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6. Entering the announcement period? (No third party raised objections during the announcement period)
7. Issuance of certificate
4. Process of registering a US trademark
1. Submit an application for registered trademark to the US Trademark Office.
It will take 1-2 working days to get the assigned application number, and then about 3-5 working days to query the trademark information on the USPTO website.
2. The Trademark Office conducts trademark verification.
It will take about 4-6 months, and the verification results will be in two situations:
Type 1: When your trademark application meets the application requirements and does not violate the law, The trademark registration results will be announced.
Type 2: During the trademark review process, the Trademark Office considers that there is any reason to refuse registration of the trademark and issues an official opinion. The applicant must respond within three months from the date of the official opinion is issued, otherwise it will be deemed as This application is invalid.
After the reply is passed, an announcement will be arranged. If the reply is not passed, the official will issue a final opinion. The announcement will be made after the problem is resolved. Otherwise, your application will be rejected.
3. If the Trademark Office does not reject the trademark registration, the trademark will be published in the Trademark Announcement. The announcement will be published online every week. After the trademark is approved, it will be published in the announcement for 30 days. Anyone can You can raise objections to the application to the Trademark Office. If no one objects, it will enter the registration stage in about 3 months, and the Trademark Office will approve the registration.
(Note: A sworn statement of use must be submitted in the 5th to 6th year after trademark registration to ensure that the trademark continues to be valid. The trademark needs to be renewed in the 10th year after registration, and Take the 2nd 5-year oath)