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New company trademark registration process

The new company trademark registration process*** is divided into the following seven steps. Trademark registration pre-inquiry. Trademark inquiry refers to whether the trademark registration applicant or his agent, before filing an application for registration, checks whether the trademark he is applying for is consistent with the one currently in use. Check whether there are any identical or similar trademarks with prior rights. The scope of the query is limited to registered trademarks and trademarks under application that have entered the Trademark Office database from the date of query. The results have no legal effect and are only for reference. They are not the basis for the Trademark Office to approve or reject the application. 1. Provide the trademark name (including : text, English, numbers, pinyin and graphics) 2. Provide specific product names or service items, and our staff will confirm the categories and groups. 3. Trademark name approval (the staff will perform the specific operation, and then notify the trademark applicant of the verification result) Provide valid certification documents of the trademark applicant a. Provide a copy of the business license for enterprise application, and stamp it with the official seal. b. When applying for a natural person, provide a copy of the ID card and relevant licenses (enlarged twice for clarity) and a corresponding copy of the individual industrial and commercial household business license or relevant licenses. The natural person should also provide an autograph. c. What should be provided at the same time are: accurate receiving address, postal code, and recipient. So that we can send relevant documents in a timely manner to handle specific trademark matters: 1. The staff will issue a trademark application form and a power of attorney, which will be signed or stamped by the trademark applicant. 2. Process the application fee. 3. Submit a trademark registration application to the Trademark Office. Trademark registration form review Trademark form review (about 20 days). Trademark form review refers to the trademark registration authority's review of whether the documents and procedures for trademark registration are in compliance with legal requirements. If they are in compliance with legal requirements, the review agency will assign an application number and determine the application date. , issue the "Registration Acceptance Notice". It is very important to establish the filing date. Since my country’s trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once the filing date occurs, it becomes the legal basis for determining trademark rights. The filing date for trademark registration shall be based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents. Substantive review of trademark registration: Substantive review of trademark (about 24 months). The substantive review of trademark is the inspection, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and study conducted by the trademark registration authority to determine whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the trademark law and decides to give preliminary approval. or reject the application and a series of other activities. Announcement of preliminary examination of trademark registration. The Trademark Preliminary Examination Announcement (3 months) refers to the decision to allow registration of a trademark registration application that complies with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after review. And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement". If no one raises any objection to a preliminary approval trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary approval announcement, the trademark will be registered, a registration announcement will be published, and a registration certificate will be issued. There are four steps required after registration application: trademark search (immediately) - trademark formal review (about 10 days, an acceptance notice is issued, and the trademark can be used) - trademark substantive review (about 12 months) - trademark announcement (3 month)—Receive the registration certificate (1 month)