A German company wanted to apply for the registration of the "Yini" brand clothing trademark in my country in October 1986. The company applied for the "Yini" brand clothing trademark to France on July 5, 1986. Application for registration (this is the first foreign application). How to apply for trademark registration in my country? Can I claim priority? Answer: Article 10 of my country’s Trademark Law stipulates that foreigners or foreign enterprises may refer to *foreigners from the text. Or foreign companies cannot directly handle trademark registration applications and other trademark matters. They can only entrust agents to act for them, and the agents are limited to organizations designated by the country (currently the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade). Therefore, a German company applied for a trademark in my country. To register, the first thing you need to do is to fill in a power of attorney and entrust the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade to act as an agent for trademark registration applications. The power of attorney should state the agency authority and the nationality of a certain company. 9 The power of attorney must be made in duplicate and must be processed. Notarization procedures and certification are handled according to the principle of reciprocity. After completing the power of attorney and sending it to the agent, you should fill in the "Trademark Registration Application" by yourself or by entrusting the agent to fill in the trademark, product name, product purpose, and main raw materials. The category of the product, the name of the applicant, the address and the signature of the person in charge. According to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph 2, of my country's "Implementing Rules for Trademark Law", the application form should be completed in Chinese. "Application Form for Trademark Registration", a company It should be submitted to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade together with 13 copies of the trademark drawings (colored drawings of designated colors) and 1 black and white ink draft (the words in the trademark explain the meaning), and the application fee and registration fee should be paid (according to the principle of national treatment) As for whether other documentary evidence needs to be attached, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade shall submit it to a German company in accordance with Article 9 of my country's Trademark Law, based on an agreement between the two parties or an international treaty to which both parties have jointly participated, or on the principle of reciprocity. If the submitted documents are deemed complete after preliminary review, they will be sent to the Trademark Office for application procedures. The Trademark Office will conduct trademark review in accordance with statutory review procedures. my country joined the Paris Convention on September 19, 1985. Since March 19, 1985, From now on, the Trademark Office will accept matters concerning the application for priority for trademark registration by nationals of member states of the Paris Convention in my country^ Article 2 of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce's "Interim Provisions on Applications for Priority for Trademark Registration" stipulates that nationals of countries that are party to the Paris Convention have rights 7 The first time a German company applied for the registration of the "Yini" brand eyewear trademark abroad was on July 5, 1986. The country of application was France. It applied for the registration of the "Yini" brand clothing trademark in my country in October 198S. , only more than two months later, both Germany and France are members of the Paris Convention. Therefore, a German company can claim priority in my country and use July 5, 1986 as the date of its application for registration in my country.