During the trademark registration process, trademark inquiry is a must. Trademark inquiry refers to whether the trademark registration applicant or his agent checks whether his trademark is consistent with the prior rights trademark before filing an application for registration. The same or similar query works. If there are similar or similar trademarks that need to be renamed or adjusted, then the success rate of trademark registration can be higher. So I hope the following situations will be helpful to you.
1. Words that lack distinctiveness or are prohibited by trademark law cannot be searched to determine whether their application for registration can be approved.
2. If there are identical or similar trademarks that have been previously applied for and have not yet been entered into the Trademark Office database at the time of query, the search results will not be reflected because the two are close in time.
3. If the inquiry report provides several trademarks that may be similar, the agent only makes an analysis based on general examination standards and experience. His opinions are for reference only and do not represent the examination opinions of the Trademark Office. .
4. For combination trademarks, if only part of the trademark is queried, and other parts of the actual applied trademark are identical or similar to someone else’s registered trademark, the entire trademark will be rejected.
5. The client only provided the name of the trademark during the inquiry, but due to differences in font, color, structure or arrangement in the trademark design draft provided during the actual application, the inquiry results will not be complete. Reflect the same or similar degree.
When trademark registration is permitted by law, and to avoid some difficulties, and then conduct a comprehensive query on the name, it will definitely be of great help to trademark registration.