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What materials are needed to apply for a trademark?

If you apply for trademark registration, the materials you need to provide include:

1. A "Trademark Registration Application Form". If you entrust a trademark agency to handle the matter on your behalf, you should also submit a "Trademark Agency Power of Attorney".

2. 5 copies of trademark drawings. If colors are specified, 5 copies of coloring drawings and one black and white ink draft should be submitted.

3. Copies of valid documents that can prove the identity of the applicant.

4. If you apply for registration of a trademark using a portrait, you must also provide a letter of authorization from the portrait owner and have it notarized by a notary office.

5. When applying for registration of collective trademarks or certification trademarks, proof of subject qualifications and usage management rules should also be submitted.

Relevant laws stipulate that applicants for trademark registration should fill in the product category and product name of the trademark in accordance with the prescribed product classification table, and submit an application for registration.

Trademark registration applicants can apply to register the same trademark for multiple categories of goods through one application.

Trademark registration applications and other relevant documents can be submitted in writing or by data message.

1. Trademark Registration Procedure The procedure for applying for trademark registration is divided into two steps:

The first step: trademark search. Provide professional inquiries based on the trademarks submitted by customers and the goods or services used by the trademarks. Based on the inquiry results, we will provide customers with feasibility analysis and suggestions for trademark registration to minimize the risk of trademark rejection.

Step 2: Apply for registration.

① Application stage: Report to the Trademark Office on the same day and return to the Trademark Office for submission list on the same day;

② Trademark Office review stage: Formal review passed - Trademark Office issues acceptance notice - Substance Review;

③ Preliminary review announcement, approval and registration stage: Pass the substantive review - Preliminary review announcement - Objection period - Approval of registration.

2. Trademark registration time

(1) The Trademark Office will issue an acceptance notice in about 3 months; (2) The Trademark Office will review and approve the trademark for preliminary review within 10 months. Announcement

(3) The preliminary announcement period is 3 months;

(4) The entire time for trademark registration to be completed is about 16 months;

(5) Except for the trademarks that have passed the preliminary examination announced by the Trademark Office within 9 months and the statutory period of 3 months for the preliminary examination announcement, other times are estimates. Due to special reasons in the Trademark Office's review, the completion time of individual trademark registrations may vary. delayed. Trademark registration fee: The official trademark registration fee is 300 yuan, one category per standard. You can choose 10 items for free for each category of registration, and there is an official fee of 30 yuan for each additional item. Generally speaking, an agency will charge an agency fee ranging from several hundred yuan.

3. Process for handling trademark registration certificate

(1) If entrusting a trademark agency to handle the matter, the applicant can voluntarily choose any nationally recognized trademark agency to handle the matter. All trademark agencies registered with the Trademark Office are published in the "Agency" column.

(2) If the applicant goes directly to the Trademark Registration Hall of the Trademark Office, the applicant can follow the following steps:

Prepare the application documents → go to the acceptance window of the Trademark Registration Hall Submit the application documents → print the bar code at the coding window → pay the application fee at the payment window

Legal basis:

Trademark Law

Art. 21. The international registration of trademarks shall follow the system established by the relevant international treaties concluded or acceded to by the People's Republic of China. The specific measures shall be prescribed by the State Council.

Article 22: Applicants for trademark registration shall fill in the product category and product name of the trademark in accordance with the prescribed product classification table, and submit an application for registration.

Trademark registration applicants can apply to register the same trademark for multiple categories of goods through one application.

Trademark registration applications and other relevant documents can be submitted in writing or by data message.

Article 23: If a registered trademark needs to obtain the exclusive right to use the trademark on goods beyond the approved scope of use, a separate application for registration shall be submitted.