Introduction to the latest process of trademark registration? The basis of corporate brand protection is trademark protection. To do a good job in trademark protection, you need to apply for trademark registration in a timely manner. In the process of applying for trademark registration, since my country's Trademark Law has strict requirements for trademark registration, the trademark registration process should be carried out in strict accordance with the regulations. Today, Bajie Intellectual Property Trademark Network will introduce you to the new process and required information of trademark registration in detail, hoping to give you a deeper understanding of trademark registration.
In China, there are two main ways to apply for trademark registration. The first is to choose a time-saving and labor-saving method - entrust a professional trademark agency. There is a large volume of trademark registrations in our country, with thousands of trademark registration applications filed every day. In order to make trademark registration more standardized, the State Trademark Office has granted some professional trademark agency qualifications.
In other words, the trademark registrant can entrust the trademark registration to a professional agency, so that the professional agency can provide more qualified materials and the success rate of trademark registration is higher. Secondly, the trademark registrant directly applies for trademark registration, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and also adds a lot of travel expenses. If the trademark registration is unsuccessful, everything needs to be started from scratch.
What are the new trademark registration procedures and required information?
Therefore, the best way to register a trademark is to entrust a professional trademark agency. The new trademark registration process and required information are as follows:
1. Selection of professional trademark agency: When looking for a professional trademark agency, you must pay attention to its qualifications, trademark registration volume, company size, service level, etc. aspects of strength. Only a professional trademark agency can guarantee the success rate of trademark registration.
2. Trademark design and trademark query: A professional trademark agency can provide you with trademark design services and trademark query services according to your requirements, so that the trademark you want to register can better comply with the requirements of the trademark law. more acceptable.
3. Preparation of trademark registration information and application submission: Trademark registration application requires the submission of corresponding information. Professional institutions will provide information that meets the requirements of the National Trademark Office and submit the application.
4. Trademark registration review and registration: After the State Trademark Office accepts the trademark registration application, it will conduct a series of procedures such as formal review, substantive review, approval announcement, and registration announcement. The entire process takes about one year. During this period, the trademark agency will always pay attention to the progress of the trademark registration work, and some trademark registration work will be responded to in a timely manner until the trademark registration work is completed and the "Trademark Registration Certificate" is obtained.
New trademark registration process and required information?
What are the requirements for companies to apply for trademark registration?
When an enterprise applies for trademark registration, it must have a good trademark design. When designing a trademark, you must refer to the "Trademark Law" to limit the conditions of the trademark, and design a trademark that meets the following conditions:
1. The trademark designed by the enterprise must meet the legal requirements: Article 8 of the "Trademark Law" Article: "Any mark that can distinguish the goods of a natural person, legal person or other organization from the goods of others, including words, numbers, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations, sounds, and a combination of the above elements, can apply for registration as a trademark."
2. The trademark designed by the enterprise should have distinctive characteristics, that is, as a trademark, it must be able to distinguish the trademark or service from the goods and services provided by others. Marks without distinctive features may be used but cannot be registered. Article 9 of the Trademark Law: “The trademark applied for registration shall have distinctive characteristics, be easy to identify, and shall not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others.
3. Trademarks designed by an enterprise shall not infringe upon the rights of others. Prior rights and legitimate rights and interests mainly manifest in being different from or similar to an earlier trademark registered or used on the same trademark. You must not use unfair means to preemptively register a trademark that has been used by others and has a certain influence; you must not infringe other people's other rights protected by law. Protected rights, such as design patent rights, copyrights, name rights, portrait rights, trade name rights, exclusive rights for special signs, unique names of well-known commodities, exclusive rights for packaging and decoration, etc.
4. If the trademark designed by an enterprise contains a geographical indication of a product, and the product does not originate from the area indicated by the mark, and misleads the public, it shall not be registered and shall not be used. However, a trademark registered in good faith continues to be valid.
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