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Is it necessary to change the published name, trademark, or company?

1. Is it necessary to change the announced name, trademark, or company? It is also necessary to change the announced name, trademark, or company. According to 41 provisions of the current Trademark Law: "If a registered trademark changes the name, address or other registration matters of the registrant, an application for change shall be submitted." Change of trademark refers to changing the registrant, registered address or other registration information of the registered trademark. Other matters. 2. What are the change procedures? (1) Prepare the application documents. The application documents that should be submitted are: Change application form (choose the form according to the specific content of the application); Applicant’s identity document (copy of business license, ID card, etc.) ) Copy; If you entrust an agent, submit the "Agency Letter", and if you apply directly at the acceptance hall, submit a copy of the handler's ID card; If you apply to change the name of the registrant, you must also submit a change certificate issued by the registration authority; (6) If the application documents are in a foreign language, a Chinese translation signed and confirmed by a translation agency should also be provided. 1. Fill in the application form one by one according to the requirements, and it must be typed or printed. 2. When going through the change procedures, a change application form should be filled in for each trademark (each registration number) and stamped with the seal of the applicant and/or the seal of the agent. 3. If the applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall, in addition to submitting the application, he must also submit the applicant's business license and a copy (or a copy of the business license stamped with the official seal of the unit) and a copy of the person in charge's ID card. ; If the applicant is a natural person and applies for the application in person, he or she only needs to submit a copy of the applicant's ID card. If you entrust a trademark agency to handle the matter, in addition to submitting the application, you must also submit a trademark agency power of attorney and a copy of the applicant's business license or ID card. 4. If you apply to change the name of the registrant, you must also submit the change certificate issued by the registration authority. If the registrant is an enterprise, a change certificate from the registration department of the industrial and commercial administration authority shall be issued; if the registrant is a public institution, a change certificate from the registration department of the public institution shall be issued; if the registrant is a natural person, a change certificate shall be issued from the police station where the registered residence is located. The name before the change and the name after the change on the certificate should be consistent with the name before the change and the name of the applicant on the application form. If a foreign enterprise or foreigner only needs to change its Chinese translation name, a statement on the foreign enterprise or foreigner's application for changing its Chinese translation name should be provided. 5. For trademarks that have not been approved for registration, changes in the name of the applicant should also be handled in accordance with the above regulations. 6. When applying for a change of address, there is no need to attach a change certificate, except for the case where a natural person changes his address across nationalities. 7. If a natural person changes his address across nationalities, he should submit proof that he has lived at the current address for more than one year when applying. 8. If the trademark applied for change is owned by ***, the following documents should also be submitted: A. If the trademark representative of *** is applied for change, fill in the application form for changing the name/address of the registrant, and submit other ** *A statement from someone agreeing to the changes. B. If you apply to change the name of the *** trademark owner, whether it is to change the name of all *** owners, change the name of part of the *** owner, or change the *** trademark representative, you should apply in Fill in the names of all *** persons on the application form. The name and address of the representative should be written on the first page of the application, and the names of other parties should be written on the attached pages of the application. There is no need to fill in the addresses of other parties. C. If the representative's name or address changes, the changed representative's name and address should be written in the applicant's name and applicant's address columns on the first page of the application, and the representative's name and address before the change should be written in On the first page of the application form, the name before change and the address before change should be included in the columns, and the corresponding proof of name change should be attached. If the name and address of the representative have not changed and the change is being applied for in the name of another person, then there is no need to fill in the columns of the name before change and address before change on the first page of the application form.

D. If the name of other *** is changed, it should be listed in the list of names of other *** before the change and the list of names of other *** after the change on the attached page of the application form (hereinafter referred to as the list of names before the change and the list of names after the change). List) Fill in the name of the *** person before the change and the name of the *** person after the change, and attach the corresponding change certificate. If the names of other registered persons have not changed, the names of the registered persons who have not changed should also be filled in in the name list before the change and the name list after the change on the attached page of the application form. (2) Submit application documents 1. The applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall to apply. After the application documents are ready, submit them at the application acceptance window of the trademark registration hall. The staff at the window will confirm whether the application documents are qualified. 2. If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the application, the trademark agency will deliver the application documents to the Trademark Office. (3) Pay the change fee. A change fee of 500 yuan should be paid for a change application. If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the application, the applicant shall pay the change fee and agency fee to the trademark agency. The change fee collected by the Trademark Office will be deducted from the advance payment of the trademark agency. If the company's name changes, the trademark should also be changed accordingly. If the trademark is not changed in time, it is likely to cause a series of subsequent legal disputes, which will also have a great impact on the publicity and influence of the company's brand. Generally, the company will conduct a period of discussion before changing the name. You can use this time to prepare the materials required for the trademark change.