There are two ways to apply for a German trademark: one is German registration, that is, applying for registration to the German trademark authority; the other is Madrid international trademark registration.

Methods/Steps

1. Applicant qualifications: Applicants must have certain subject qualifications. Applicants should have a real and effective industrial and commercial business place in my country; or have a residence in my country; or have Chinese nationality. In addition, legal persons or natural persons in Taiwan Province can apply for German trademark registration through the Trademark Office. However, legal persons or natural persons in the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions cannot currently apply for German trademark registration through the Trademark Office.

2. Application conditions: The trademark applying for German trademark registration must have started certain trademark registration application procedures in my country.

3. Processing methods: There are two ways to apply for Madrid trademark international registration through the Trademark Office:

(1) Entrust Huibao Intellectual Property, a nationally recognized trademark agency, to handle it.

(2) The applicant shall submit the application to the Trademark Office on his own.

Legal persons or natural persons in the administrative region cannot currently apply for international registration through the Trademark Office.

4. Processing steps: Prepare application documents → Submit application documents to the International Registration Office of the Trademark Office → Pay the registration fee according to the provisions of the "Charge Notice" → Receive the international registration certificate.