A trademark shall be legal and distinctive, and shall not damage the prior rights of others. Trademark naming should have its own characteristics under the premise of legality, which is conducive to the follow-up publicity of enterprises.

2. How to conduct trademark inquiry?

After determining the distinctive mark, the applicant must inquire whether anyone has registered the trademark before launching the product or service, which can be inquired in the trademark inquiry box of official website Trademark Office for free. After applying for a trademark, you can also inquire about the situation and progress of trademark handling.

3. How to choose a trademark category?

When registering a trademark, an enterprise should choose appropriate commodities and categories as far as possible, expand the scope of registration as much as possible, and realize seamless protection. Conditional can apply for all kinds of registration, that is, all goods and services are registered. In this way, we have the exclusive right to use any products and services. So as to stop the infringement, and more importantly, prevent others from registering and suing you for infringement and safeguard the uniqueness of the trademark.

4. What should I do on the day of trademark application?

If it is a trademark applied for on the same day, the Trademark Office will first issue a notice of application for supplementary use of evidence to the applicant involved in the trademark registration application on the same day. The applicant shall provide written proof of the actual use of the subject matter within the specified time. The so-called evidence of actual use includes evidence that the trademark is used in commodities, commodity packaging or containers and commodity trading documents, or evidence that the trademark is used in commercial activities such as advertisements and exhibitions.

5. What if similar trademarks have the same classification?

If the "Bao Trademark" is registered under the classification of 2 108 (toothbrush utensils), but the products classified under 2 108 (toothbrush utensils) have not been actually produced and sold within three years, we can apply to the Trademark Office for "cancellation" of the "Bao Trademark" classified as "three years unused". If the sales certificate of the classified products cannot be provided, the classification under the "Bao" trademark will be revoked.

6. How to make the trademark exclusive?

This paper studies in detail the two subcategories of "sales (for others) 35007 1" and "acting as an intermediary for others (buying goods and services for other enterprises) 350085" in the trademark category table. It means to provide what others need. No matter what they need, as long as the customer's needs are legal and the services provided by enterprises are not illegal, they can be explained by these two small categories.

7. How to minimize the rejection rate of trademarks?

60%-80% of the rejected trademarks are due to the failure of the previous trademark inquiry. Therefore, in addition to the legality and distinctiveness of applying for a trademark, it is very important to entrust a professional organization to conduct strict risk review and notification, which can help customers minimize the registration risk. Of course, because registered trademarks are risky, it is necessary not only to apply for examination and approval, but also to the Trademark Office for examination and approval, and trademark agencies cannot guarantee success.

8. How to improve the success rate of trademark registration?

Because trademark registration takes a long time and there are many uncertainties, trademark protection should be carried out step by step and in a planned way.

First of all, we should register the industry categories directly involved in the business scope of the enterprise; Then, register the category indirectly associated with the business project of the enterprise; Finally, gradually carry out the protection registration of all categories. In the first part of registration, it is best to register the enterprise logo separately from Chinese, English and Pinyin. Although the cost is relatively high, it can reduce the registration risk. Because the Trademark Office examines each part separately when examining a trademark, and any part is the same or similar, then the whole trademark will be rejected, which is a very uneconomical risk.

9. What if the trademark is rejected?

After the Trademark Office issues the Notice of Trademark Rejection or Partial Rejection, the applicant may apply to the Trademark Office for "rejection review" within 15 days after receiving the notice. This is very important and can even help your trademark "come back to life".

10. What should I do to protect Chinese names separately?

Enterprises want to protect their names through trademarks, but after submitting Chinese manuscripts, they cannot pass the examination and approval of the Trademark Office. In this case, we can try to design the Chinese characters that need to be registered into traditional Chinese characters and use unconventional fonts. The manuscript processed in this way will be considered by the Trademark Office as a graphic, not a Chinese character, and it will be easier to pass the examination and approval.

These are the skills of trademark registration. If you have any questions, you can continue to consult me and look forward to your adoption ~