Registration process: trademark inquiry (within 2 days) → preparation of application documents (within 3 days) → submission of application (within 2 days) → payment of trademark registration fee → trademark form review (1 month) → issuance of trademark acceptance notice → trademark substantive review (12 months) → trademark announcement (3 months) → issuance of trademark certificate. (20 14.05.0 1 the implementation of the new trademark law, the substantive examination period of the trademark is 9 months. )

1, trademark inquiry.

Trademark inquiry refers to the inquiry whether the trademark applied by the applicant for trademark registration or his agent is the same as or similar to the trademark with prior rights before applying for registration.

The following situations are explained here:

1) words that lack distinctiveness or are prohibited by the trademark law cannot be queried to determine whether their registration application can be approved;

2) If the trademark identical or similar to the previous application has not entered the database of the Trademark Office at the time of inquiry, the inquiry result will not be reflected because of the two approximations;

3) If the inquiry report provides several possible similar trademarks, the agent only makes an analysis through general examination standards and experience, and his opinions are for reference only and cannot represent the examination opinions of the Trademark Office;

4) For a combined trademark, if only a part of the trademark (such as Chinese or English) is inquired, but other parts of the trademark actually applied for (such as graphics) are the same as or similar to the registered trademark of others, the whole trademark will be rejected;

5) The client only provided the name of the trademark when inquiring, but the differences in font, color, structure or arrangement of the trademark design drafts provided in the actual application will also lead to the query results not completely reflecting the same or similar degree.

2. Trademark review.

Trademark review is divided into formal review and substantive review.

(1) It takes 3-4 months to review the trademark form, and it is very important to establish the application date, because the principle of prior application is adopted in trademark registration in China, and once the application date occurs, it will become the legal basis for determining the trademark right. The date of application for trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents. The Trademark Office receives the trademark application and issues a notice of acceptance for the application that meets the formal requirements.

(2) Examination of the substance of a trademark (65,438+02 months) is a series of activities such as examination, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and study, and decision of preliminary approval or rejection by the trademark registration authority. During this period, please do not mark the registration marks (such as "registered trademark" and "?") ) before the trademark is approved for registration. Wait a minute. ), you can mark "TM". In addition, before the registration is approved, it is not advisable to make too many products and packages with the trademark or trademark logo at one time, in case the registration is blocked and unnecessary losses are caused.

Cost: The official charge is 300 yuan, and the cost of finding an agent is basically around 1000 yuan. However, it will save money if you apply for trademark registration yourself, but if you are not familiar with this aspect, it may take a long time and time is precious. So it is wise to find an agent. We have a very professional trademark registration agent here, 14 quality assurance. Welcome to contact us if necessary!