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First of all, for companies, trademarks are the most common intellectual property rights. , only trademarks that have been applied for through legal procedures and approved for registration can be protected by law. Let the editor explain in detail what procedures are required to register a trademark.

Trademark registration procedure

1. Application for registration

Requirements for application:

1. Only individuals or individuals with the following conditions Only groups can file trademark applications in my country:

Applicants for trademark registration must be: legally established enterprises, institutions, social groups, individual industrial and commercial individuals, individual partnerships or have signed an agreement with China or signed an agreement with China ** *Foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that are parties to international treaties or are subject to the principle of reciprocity. If you meet the above conditions and need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, you must apply for trademark registration to the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis (from November 1, 2001, the my country Trademark Office began to accept applications for registered trademarks from natural persons).

2. File an application according to the classification of goods and services:

Currently, my country’s trademark law implements the International Classification of Goods, which divides more than 10,000 kinds of goods and services into 45 Categories, including 35 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. When applying for trademark registration, the category of goods or services for which the trademark is used should be determined according to the classification of the Goods and Services Classification Table. 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 unfair expansion of the scope of application of trademark rights, and is also conducive to the approval of examiners and the protection of exclusive rights to the trademark.

3. Determination of the trademark application date:

It is very important to establish the application date. Since trademark registration in my country adopts the first-to-file principle, once the application date occurs, the order of application dates becomes the law for determining trademark rights. According to this, the application date for trademark registration is based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents (the minimum unit of date is 'day').

2. Trademark Registration Procedure - Trademark Review

The concept and required documents of trademark review. Trademark review is carried out by the trademark registration authority to determine whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law. inspection. Data retrieval. Analyze and compare. A series of activities such as investigating and studying and deciding to give preliminary approval or reject the application.

In the process of reviewing a trademark application, the Trademark Office will issue various documents to the applicant. The main documents are: Trademark Acceptance Notice. If the Trademark Office requires the applicant to review the original application during the review process, After making certain modifications to the content and replying, the applicant will also be served with a notice of correction, a notice of rejection and other documents.

3. Trademark Registration Procedure - Preliminary Examination Announcement

Trademark approval refers to the decision to allow registration of a trademark registration application that complies with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after review . And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement". If no one raises any objection to a preliminary approval trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary approval announcement, the trademark will be registered and a registration announcement will be published at the same time.

IV. Trademark Registration Procedure—Registration Announcement

Trademark registration is a trademark legal process. The trademark registration applicant submits an application, and after review by the Trademark Office, a preliminary review and announcement will be made. If no one raises an objection within three months or the objection is ruled to be invalid, the trademark will be registered and effective, protected by law, and the trademark registrant will enjoy the trademark. exclusive rights. It takes about one to one and a half years from application to approval of registration for a trademark. Validity Period of a Registered Trademark A registered trademark is valid for ten years, starting from the date of approval of registration. If the registered trademark expires and you need to continue to use it, you can apply for trademark renewal registration.

5. Trademark Registration Procedure - Receive Trademark Registration Certificate

Through an agent, the agent will send the "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the trademark registrant.

To apply for trademark registration directly, the trademark registrant should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the certificate within three months after receiving the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate". At the same time, he should also bring:

(1) Letter of introduction for receiving the trademark registration certificate;

(2) Identity card and copy of the licensee;

(3) Original copy of business license, the copy should be stamped with the local Seal stamp of the industrial and commercial department;

(4) Notice of receiving the trademark registration certificate;

(5) If the name of the trademark registrant is changed, a change certificate issued by the working department must be attached.

Another: Trademark registration application time: A newly applied trademark generally takes about one year from application to issuance, of which application acceptance and formal review takes about one month, and substantive review takes about four to five days months, the objection period is three months, and the approval announcement to the issuance of the certificate is about three months.