1. A place name that is an administrative division at or above the county level or a foreign place name known to the public shall not be used as a trademark;
2. However, if a place name has other meaning or is part of a collective trademark or certification trademark, it can be registered.
The materials to be prepared for registering a trademark are:
1, and the trademark design style diagram is clear and free from chaos;
2. Fill in a complete trademark application registration book;
3, the applicant's identification materials;
4. Trademark agency registration contract (generally, if there is an agent, you only need to prepare this material, and you don't need it for registered businesses);
5, a copy of the business license of individual industrial and commercial households.
The process of trademark registration is as follows:
1, application. That is, the applicant fills in the commodity category and commodity name of the trademark in accordance with the prescribed commodity classification table and applies for registration;
2. Acceptance;
3. Preliminary review. The examination is completed within nine months from the date of receiving the application documents for trademark registration;
4. Statement of objection. Completed within three months from the date of preliminary examination;
5. approve the registration.
To sum up, the names of administrative divisions at or above the county level or foreign names known to the public shall not be used as trademarks. However, unless the place name has other meaning or is part of a collective trademark or certification trademark; Registered trademarks using geographical names shall remain valid.
Legal basis:
Article 10 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
The following signs shall not be used as trademarks:
(a) the same as or similar to the national name, national flag, national emblem, national anthem, military flag, military emblem, military song and medal of People's Republic of China (PRC), and the same as the name, symbol, place name or the name and figure of the landmark building where it is located;
(2) identical with or similar to the name, national flag, national emblem or military flag of a foreign country, except with the consent of the government of that country;
(3) identical with or similar to the name, flag, emblem, etc. Intergovernmental international organizations, except with the consent of the organization or not easily misleading the public;
(4) identical with or similar to the official marks and inspection marks indicating the implementation of control and guarantee, unless authorized;
(5) identical with or similar to the names and symbols of the Red Cross and Red Crescent;
(six) with ethnic discrimination;
(seven) deceptive, easy to make the public misunderstand the quality or origin of goods;
(eight) harmful to socialist morality or other adverse effects.
Geographical names of administrative divisions at or above the county level or foreign geographical names well known to the public shall not be used as trademarks. However, unless the place name has other meaning or is part of a collective trademark or certification trademark; Registered trademarks using geographical names shall remain valid.
Article 11
The following signs shall not be registered as trademarks:
(a) only refers to the common name, figure and model of the commodity;
(2) directly indicating only the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity and other characteristics of commodities;
(three) other lack of distinctive features.
A trademark listed in the preceding paragraph may be registered as a trademark if it has obvious characteristics and is easy to identify after use.