In fact, applying for your own portrait as a trademark can increase the probability of successful trademark application to a certain extent, but it is not 100% sure to be successfully registered. Someone once applied for registration of their own portrait as a trademark, but failed. The reason for the rejection shocked everyone. The reason was that the clothes worn in the portrait photos contained trademarks approved by others and were rejected.

Therefore, when applying for a registered trademark using your own portrait, you must also pay attention to details.

1. When registering your own portrait as a trademark, you should indicate it.

2. If you apply for registration of a trademark using another person’s portrait, an explanation should be provided and an authorization statement from the owner of the portrait should be attached. The statement should also include the name of the portrait owner, ID number, the name of the authorized person and authorization matters. In addition, a copy of the ID card of the portrait owner should be attached.

3. If the person in the portrait dies, the applicant has the right to handle the supporting materials of the portrait, including the portrait of the person in the portrait.

4. If someone else’s imagination is not allowed to be registered as a trademark without their permission, the owner of the portrait has the right to declare the trademark invalid within five years from the date of registration.

5. If the image of a person in the registration application is not a true and valid portrait of the person, it should be noted in the trademark certificate.

6. You cannot display other people’s trademarks in the portrait. As we just said, if there are other trademarks on the clothes in the portrait trademark, it will also be rejected.

7. If it is a sign that is likely to have adverse social effects and is beneficial to social morality, it cannot be registered as a trademark. The same is true for portraits, such as portraits of great men. Try not to involve historical celebrities and religious images, otherwise it will be very easy to Easily rejected.

In summary, applying for a portrait trademark can indeed improve the trademark approval rate, so after preparing the trademark application materials, you can submit the application to the Trademark Office. The trademark application process is the same as other trademark applications, but the portrait trademark application It will take eight or nine months if the time goes smoothly. We are eager to use the trademark or apply for registration in advance.