There are many styles that make up a trademark, so the styles of trademarks are also dazzling. When Ziah applies for a registered trademark, it is most common for a combination of trademarks in multiple graphic and text forms to appear. Many people are confused whether to apply for a combined trademark transfer or to register the image and text separately.
In fact, there is no fixed way of saying this. Applying for trademark registration requires flexible choices based on the actual situation. Multiple trademark applications In order to save the cost of trademark registration, it is more appropriate to choose combined trademark registration.
Compare combined trademark registration applications and separate applications from the following points:
1. In terms of time: applying for trademark registration takes a long time, and trademarks appear during the registration process. It is not uncommon for a combination trademark to be rejected. During the trademark review stage, the Trademark Office conducts the review in the form of separate trademark review, that is, each element of the combined trademark is reviewed one by one, which will lead to the application for registration. The cycle is extended. If you apply separately and submit your applications at the same time, the time will be affected.
2. In terms of cost: a combined application only needs to be applied once, and the registration fee is low. Although separate registration will increase the cost of applying for trademark registration. But this is only part of the application fee, and their respective advantages need to be considered comprehensively.
3. In terms of risks: During the review of a combination trademark, each element of the trademark combination is reviewed separately, and the combination trademark is then comprehensively reviewed. When it is found that one element is similar to other trademarks or the same, the trademark will be returned together. If you apply separately, only the trademarks that fail the review will be returned and will not affect the applications for other trademarks. Therefore, the risks associated with applying for registration of a combination trademark increase.
4. In terms of use: A trademark applied for in combination can only be used as one trademark, and the trademark elements contained in it cannot be used separately, while trademarks applied for registration separately can be used independently. , and separate trademarks can be used in combination. Therefore, separate trademarks are more flexible in use.
From the above, we can comprehensively understand that applying for registered trademarks separately is more flexible and the benefits of actual use can far make up for the increased cost of application.