Trademark has the same meaning as "brand" and "brand", and it is a sign that distinguishes other goods or services. A trademark with the words Wahaha. There are also graphic trademarks such as Nike graphics. There are English trademarks such as KFC. If it is operating and has its own brand, registration is necessary. Even companies like Baidu and Carrefour, which do not produce goods but mainly provide services, need to register trademarks.

National trademarks are uniformly examined in Beijing. Once registered, they are valid nationwide and have exclusive rights. Therefore, the registration will naturally be submitted to Beijing, and it will take effect after unified review. Provincial and local industrial and commercial bureaus have no right to examine trademarks. Unified examination by the State Trademark Office.

You can apply for a trademark or entrust an agency to apply. If you apply for registration on your own, you should inquire on your own and submit it in the lobby of the Trademark Office. If you entrust an agency to handle it, the agency will inquire for free. If an entrusted agency applies, it is necessary to check whether the agency is qualified. The website of the Trademark Office has the name of the filing authority.

After applying for trademark registration, the Trademark Office will issue a Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration.

About 6 months, you can find the detailed information of trademark application on China Trademark Online.

About 8 months, if the trademark is rejected during the examination, it will be rejected, and a formal notice of trademark rejection will be issued to inform the detailed reasons for rejection. (Note: This step depends on the trademark. If the trademark is not rejected after examination, there is no such step. )

About 1 year, the Trademark Office completed the examination and officially announced it on China Trademark Online.

About 15 months, the announcement expired, and no one raised any objection. Then issue a trademark registration certificate. At this point, the process of trademark registration is over and the trademark registration is completed.

Fees: trademark registration, the Trademark Office charges a fee of 1 000 yuan, which is a unified administrative fee in the whole country and is charged on a case-by-case basis. If the agent is entrusted, the agent is around 800 yuan. Therefore, the total cost of a trademark registration is usually 1800 yuan. No other expenses will be incurred on the way.