1. What should be done about trademark squatting? Methods to deal with trademark squatting: (1) You can file an objection against a trademark that has not been approved for registration; (2) You can file a cancellation procedure for a trademark that has been registered; ( 3) Comprehensive and complete trademark application to protect the brand. Methods to deal with squatting trademark registration (1) You can file an objection against a trademark that has not been approved for registration. In this case of squatting, companies whose trademarks have been registered but the squatter's application has not yet been registered can seek relief by filing an objection to the squatter's application. According to my country's Trademark Law, registered trademarks must first undergo a preliminary review by the Trademark Office under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Those that pass the review will enter the announcement period, which lasts for three months. Entrepreneurs can file a trademark objection with the National Trademark Office through a specialized trademark agency during these three months. Is the success rate of filing an objection high? If it is indeed registered, you can still be sure to get it back through our agency. The legal basis for the party being preemptively registered is Article 31 of the Trademark Law. Application for trademark registration shall not damage the existing prior rights of others, nor shall it preemptively register a trademark that has been used by others and has a certain influence by others through improper means. . In addition, I would like to remind companies that have been squatted that when filing a trademark objection, they must remember to file a trademark application in their own name at the same time, because even if the objection is successful, it will only invalidate the squatted registration, and you still need to apply for the trademark yourself. Methods to deal with squatting trademark registration (2) A trademark that has been registered can initiate cancellation procedures. If the preemptively registered trademark has passed the announcement period and is registered, the entrepreneur can file a cancellation application with the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in accordance with Article 41 of the Trademark Law. The Trademark Law has a five-year limit on cancellation applications. That is, if a trademark has been registered for more than five years, it cannot be canceled on the grounds of preemptive registration. In addition, if any party is dissatisfied with the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board’s ruling, it can also file an administrative lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court. For the revocation of a registered trademark, it is also recommended that the person who was squatted simultaneously files a trademark application so that he can obtain the trademark after the squatted trademark is revoked. Methods to deal with squatting trademark registration (3) Comprehensive and complete trademark application to protect the brand. Start-up companies should apply for trademarks for their main products and services at the beginning of their business. Many times, entrepreneurs fail to apply for a trademark due to financial constraints, which is a major hidden danger to the company's development. Nowadays, Internet competition is extremely fierce. If a competitor registers a trademark and then continues to complain, it will have a huge impact on the company's development. The other is insufficient application, that is, although you have applied for the service category, you have not applied for related categories, such as educational software. You only applied for the education category of category 41, but did not apply for category 9. At this time, someone rushed to register for category 9. Class software will still be very troublesome. Therefore, as for how to fight for your own rights and interests after trademark squatting, you can raise objections to trademarks that have not yet been approved; propose cancellation procedures for those that have been obtained; and comprehensively and comprehensively apply for trademark protection and other measures. These measures can protect your rights and interests to the greatest extent. The issue of trademark registration will be explained to you for now.