Trademark transactions include the purchase of trademarks, the purchase of registered trademarks and the sale of registered trademarks.
Trademark transfer is a legal concept and an administrative procedure. It means that the trademark registrant transfers the registered trademark he holds to the name of another person, which is essentially the transfer of the exclusive right to the registered trademark.
Based on the circumstances at the time of transfer, trademark transfer can be roughly divided into contract transfer, inheritance transfer, and transfer due to administrative orders.
Neither the inherited transfer nor the trademark transfer due to administrative orders require payment of money for the transfer of the trademark, and do not involve the transaction of registered trademarks, so generally speaking, trademark transfer refers to contractual transfer, which is also public The reason why trademark transfer and trademark transaction are confused.
Although trademark trading and trademark transfer are two different concepts, they complement each other and are inseparable.
Trademark transactions are purchases and sales, but without trademark transfer, this kind of sale lacks legal effect. This is why most trademark transfer websites now include the step of trademark transfer in the transaction process.
There are currently a huge number of registered trademarks in our country. In 2016 alone, the number of trademark applications nationwide reached 3.691 million.
With such a large number of bases, in order to effectively use trademarks, trademark transactions and transfers have become very necessary.