1. Inquiring about the prior registration right of a trademark:

Inquiring refers to inquiring whether the trademark applied for by the applicant for trademark registration or his agent is the same as or similar to the trademark with prior right before applying for registration.

1. Preparation of trademark application materials:

(1) If you apply in the name of a natural person, you need to show your ID card and submit a copy of the business license of individual industrial and commercial households, individual partnerships and other business entities. If you apply for registration with an enterprise as the applicant, you need to show a copy of the business license of the enterprise and provide a copy of the business license signed by the issuing authority. A complete application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the unit and personal signature.

(2) one trademark pattern (one colored pattern and one black-and-white ink draft shall be submitted for a colored trademark with a specified color). The trademark pattern provided must be clear and easy to paste, and be replaced by bright and durable paper or photos, with the length and width not more than 1 cm and less than 5 cm. Where the direction of the trademark pattern is unclear, the arrow shall be used to indicate the top and bottom. When applying for the trademark of cigarettes and cigars, the design can be as large as the actual use.

(3) Prepare the corresponding registration fee: about 2, yuan, including the application fee and agency fee. Ii. application for registration

1. only individuals or groups with the following conditions can apply for trademark in China:

applicants for trademark registration must be: legally established enterprises, institutions, social organizations, individual businessmen, individuals, foreigners or foreign enterprises in countries that have signed agreements with China or participated in international treaties with China or handled on the principle of reciprocity. When the above conditions are met, it is necessary to obtain the exclusive right to use trademarks.

1. Apply according to the classification of goods and services:

China Trademark Law implements the international classification of goods, which divides more than 1, kinds of goods and services into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. When applying for trademark registration, the categories of goods or services using the trademark should be determined according to the classification of goods and services. If the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, he should apply for registration in different categories according to the classification of goods. This can avoid the improper expansion of the application scope of trademark rights, and is also conducive to the approval of examiners and the protection of trademark exclusive rights.

1. Determination of the date of trademark application:

It is very important to determine the date of application. As China's trademark registration adopts the principle of prior application, once the application date has become the legal basis for determining the trademark right, the application date of trademark registration shall be based on the date when the trademark office receives the application documents (the smallest unit of the date is' date'). III. Formal examination

Formal examination is the examination of the written documents and some formal elements of the trademark registration application by the trademark registration authority, such as whether there are any errors in the application and power of attorney. For trademark applications that have passed the formal examination, a notice of acceptance of trademark applications shall be issued. The applicant can mark "TM" on the trademark. Iv. trademark examination

trademark examination refers to a series of activities such as inspection, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and study by the competent trademark registration authority to decide whether the application for trademark registration conforms to the provisions of the Trademark Law. V. Announcement of preliminary examination

Trademark examination refers to the decision to allow the registration of the application for trademark registration after examination. And make an announcement in the Trademark Announcement. If no one raises any objection within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary examination and approval announcement, the trademark shall be registered and a registration announcement shall be published at the same time. Vi. announcement of registration

trademark registration is a trademark legal procedure. An application filed by an applicant for trademark registration shall be preliminarily examined and approved by the Trademark Office. If no objection is raised within three months or the objection is ruled invalid, the trademark shall become effective and protected by law, and the trademark registrant shall enjoy the exclusive right to use the trademark. It takes about two to three years for a trademark to apply for registration. The term of validity of a registered trademark is ten years, counting from the date of approval of registration. If the registered trademark expires and needs to be used continuously, it may apply for renewal of registration. Seven, get the certificate

through the agent, the agent sends the Trademark Registration Certificate to the trademark registrant.

where a trademark is registered directly, the trademark registrant shall go to the trademark office to obtain the certificate within three months after receiving the Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate.