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How to apply for trademark copyright protection

The process for applying for trademark protection is as follows:

1. Design the trademark to be registered in advance;

2. Determine the scope of use of the trademark;

< p>3. Check in advance whether the trademark is registered. Go to the website of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to check whether the trademark has been registered. If it is registered, you must change the trademark before submitting it. You can submit a registration application without registration;

4. Submit information to the local Industrial and Commercial Bureau. To register a trademark for an individual, you need to submit 2 copies of the front and back of your ID card, 6 copies of the trademark design, and a trademark registration application with your signature;

5. Wait for review by the Trademark Office;

6. Public notice period. After passing the preliminary review by the Trademark Office, there will be a 3-month publicity period. Anyone who has any objections can raise it. If there is no objection, the registration can be successful. If you have any objections, you must submit a trademark objection defense. Once the defense is passed, you can successfully register;

7. Publication of the trademark. After passing the publicity period, the Trademark Office will issue a document announcing that the trademark has been successfully registered and can be used. At this time, the trademark is protected by law.

The scope of protection for well-known trademarks is:

1. The trademark applied for registration on the same or similar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else’s well-known trademark that has not been registered in China, which is likely to cause confusion. , registration is not allowed and use is prohibited.

2. The trademark applied for registration for different or dissimilar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of a well-known trademark that has been registered in China by others, misleading the public, and causing the interests of the registrant of the well-known trademark to be harmed. , will not be registered and prohibited from use.

3. If a registered trademark violates the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, within five years from the date of trademark registration, the trademark owner or interested party may request the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board to cancel the registered trademark. For cases registered in bad faith, the owner of a well-known trademark is not subject to the five-year time limit.

Legal basis:

Article 4 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Engaged in the production, manufacture, processing, selection, distribution of goods or If a natural person providing services needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, he or she shall apply for trademark registration with the Trademark Office. Handle trademark registration, transfer and other application matters in the name of a natural person.