Q: Hello, my friend is a staff member engaged in trademark registration in the Trademark Office. Is it illegal for my friend to engage in trademark agency business?

A: Juntong Legal Online Consultation will answer for you

Applicants for trademark registration must be enterprises, institutions, social organizations and individual businessmen established according to law. Foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that have entered into an agreement with China or participated in international treaties with China or handled according to the principle of reciprocity, who meet the above conditions and need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, shall file an application for trademark registration with the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis. If you apply in the name of a natural person, you need to show your ID card and submit a copy of your identity. If you apply for registration with an enterprise as the applicant, you need to show a copy of the business license of the enterprise and provide a copy of the business license signed by the issuing authority. A complete application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the unit and personal signature. 1 pieces of trademark pattern (1 pieces of colored pattern and 1 piece of black-and-white ink draft shall be submitted for colored trademarks with specified colors). The trademark pattern provided must be clear and easy to paste, and be replaced by bright and durable paper or photos, with the length and width not more than 1 cm and less than 5 cm. Where the direction of the trademark pattern is unclear, the arrow shall be used to indicate the top and bottom. When applying for the trademark of cigarettes and cigars, the design can be as large as the actual use. Prepare the corresponding registration fee: registered trademark fee: 1 yuan. If you entrust a trademark agency, you need to pay the trademark agency fee around 1 yuan.