No, the preliminary examination and announcement of a trademark does not mean the approval of registration, which means that the trademark applicant has not yet obtained the exclusive right to the trademark. As long as no one makes a proposal during the announcement period or the proposal is not established, the trademark will be The trademark will be approved for registration only after the bureau publishes a registration notice.

For a trademark that has been preliminarily approved after the preliminary approval announcement, within three months from the date of announcement, if anyone believes that the preliminary approval trademark violates relevant regulations, he or she may file an objection with the Trademark Office. After the three-month opposition period, if there is no objection or the objection cannot be established after the opposition ruling procedure, the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce will issue an announcement when registering the applied trademark. The purpose of this announcement is to inform the public that the trademark has been registered and that the applicant has obtained exclusive rights to the trademark and no one may infringe upon it.

It is conducive to the protection of the exclusive rights of previously registered trademarks; placing trademark registration work under social supervision is conducive to ensuring the quality of trademark registration work; it is convenient for applicants to check the proposed registration before application Whether the trademark is identical or similar to others’ trademarks that have been registered or preliminarily approved and announced, in order to avoid the application being rejected.