Generally, a registered trademark has six steps: application, acceptance, formal examination, substantive examination, preliminary examination announcement and approval of registration. In the initial stage, if the evidence is insufficient, it needs to be supplemented; If there is a problem in the substantive examination stage, it shall be rejected or partially rejected; If anyone raises an objection during the announcement, it needs to be re-examined.

legal ground

Article 25 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

An applicant for trademark registration who files an application for trademark registration in China for the same commodity with the same trademark within six months from the date when his trademark is first filed in a foreign country may enjoy priority according to the agreement signed between the foreign country and China or the international treaties to which * * * is a party, or according to the principle of mutual recognition of priority.

Where priority is claimed in accordance with the preceding paragraph, a written statement shall be made when filing an application for trademark registration, and a copy of the first application for trademark registration shall be submitted within three months; Failing to submit a written statement or a copy of the trademark registration application documents within the time limit shall be deemed as not claiming priority.