What are the rules for the process and time of trademark registration? 1. Before applying for trademark registration, you can entrust our company or design it yourself. Trademark design should pay attention to the following points: (1) originality, that is, trademark design should be innovative; On the one hand, it is necessary to meet the requirements of distinctiveness, on the other hand, creative trademarks are easy to expand the popularity of goods and quickly occupy the market. (2) The name of a trademark should avoid being associated with the function of the commodity. (3) The design of trademarks should highlight the theme and make a reasonable layout.
2. Trademark inquiry usually refers to the inquiry of trademark information conducted by the trademark registration applicant in order to know whether there is a prior trademark right that may conflict with the trademark applied for registration. It takes a long time for a trademark to apply for registration. If the application for trademark registration is rejected, on the one hand, the trademark registration fee will be lost, on the other hand, it will take longer to reapply for registered trademarks, and it is still unknown whether the reapplication can be approved for registration. Therefore, before applying for a registered trademark, the applicant had better make a trademark inquiry to understand the prior rights. There are two kinds of query services: one is internal query service; The other is 7- 14 working days for government inquiry service.
3. The application documents for trademark registration shall be submitted to the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong.
4. After receiving the application materials for trademark registration, the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong will give an application number and issue an acceptance notice, which will take about one week.
5. Trademark review is divided into two processes: formal review and substantive review. Formal examination means that before examining the application, the Trademark Registration Office will carefully examine the application and all its attachments to see whether the required parts in the form have been filled in, whether the relevant information is correct and whether the required information is incomplete. If everything is ready, the application procedure will enter the next stage (substantive examination stage). Substantive examination means that the Trademark Registration Office searches the trademark records after checking the shortcomings of the application and making sure that all the information is complete, so as to determine whether other businesses have registered or applied for the registration of the same or similar trademarks for the same or similar goods or services. At the same time, the Trademark Registry will check whether the relevant trademarks meet the registration requirements of the Trade Marks Ordinance. If approved, the application procedure will enter the next stage (gazetting and announcement stage).
6. After the application for announcement is approved by the Trademark Registry, it will be announced in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Bulletin for a period of three months. If no one raises an objection, the trademark can be successfully registered.
7. If there is no objection to the announcement of the registered trademark or the objection is not established after the ruling, the registration is successful. In general, it takes about 6 months to obtain the registration certificate. After successful registration, the validity period is 10 year, and the fee can be renewed on time in the first half of the expiration.
Notice of Trademark Registration Any natural person who engages in the production, manufacture, processing, selection and distribution of goods or provides services according to Article 4 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration. To apply for trademark registration and transfer in the name of a natural person, in addition to submitting the application for trademark registration, trademark patterns and other materials in accordance with the relevant provisions, the following matters should also be noted:
1. Individual industrial and commercial households can apply for trademark registration in the name of the applicant or in the name of the person in charge of registration on the license. When applying in the name of the person in charge, copies of the following materials shall be submitted:
(1) ID card of the person in charge;
(2) Business license.
2. Rural contracted business households may file an application for trademark registration in the name of the contractor, and a copy of the following materials shall be submitted when applying:
(1) Contractor ID card;
(2) the contract.
3. Other natural persons authorized to engage in business activities according to law may file an application for trademark registration in the name of the business operator published in the registration documents issued by the relevant administrative authorities, and shall submit copies of the following materials when applying:
(1) Operator ID card;
(2) Registration documents issued by relevant administrative departments.
4. The scope of goods and services that a natural person applies for trademark registration is limited to the business scope approved by its business license or relevant registration documents, or to the self-operated agricultural and sideline products.
5. The Trademark Office will not accept the application for trademark registration that does not conform to the provisions of Article 4 of the Trademark Law, and notify the applicant in writing. Where the applicant provides false materials to obtain trademark registration, the Trademark Office shall revoke the registered trademark.
6. If the transferee is a natural person, the application for trademark transfer shall be handled with reference to the above matters.
How to choose the category of trademark registration has a trademark classification table, the full name of which is approximate trademark and service classification table. When registering a trademark, you must consult this form, because when applying for trademark registration, you must classify our goods according to this form and then apply to the Trademark Office.
According to the commodity classification table, fill in the commodity category and name of the trademark. This commodity classification table looks rough, and sometimes it is difficult to look up, because it is an international classification determined according to the Nice International Classification of Goods and Services used for trademark registration. The latest trademark classification includes 34 categories of goods and 1 1 services. It is not excluded that it will change with the development of commodity society. Many people want to know how to fill in this commodity category when applying for a trademark. First, let's look at categories. After finding the big category, look at the similar group and choose the commodities under the similar group.
For example, how do we choose the trademark registration of clothing? 250 1 clothes, which is a similar group. When choosing small items, choose one of the following items, such as shirts, 250042; Select this registration item to protect the entire 250 1 group, because after your successful registration, others with the same name cannot register in other events of this group. We said to choose ten events to register. It refers to choosing one of the ten similar groups under a certain category to register. Each similar group can be fully protected by registering a small item. An extra activity will cost 100 yuan. In addition, if a trademark applicant applies for the registration of the same trademark on different categories of goods, he shall apply for registration according to the commodity classification table and pay the application fee of 1 1,000 yuan. However, it should be noted that only the small items applied for can be marked with R. It can be used for other small items in the same group, but it cannot be marked with R. If it is necessary to mark R, a new application needs to be made.
It is ok for the applicant to use the same trademark in different categories, as long as you apply for multiple categories separately. Of course, different categories need to be reapplied. Where a registered trademark changes its logo, it needs to apply for re-registration. Where a registered trademark needs to change the name, address or other registered items of the registrant, an application for change shall be filed. Please note that this does not need to be reapplied, just changed.
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