2. After acceptance, the authorities will conduct prior trademark search, and at the same time, submit the application form to all member countries for prior trademark search, and all member countries will submit the search report to the Internal Market Coordination Bureau within 3 months;
3. After receiving the search reports from the member countries, the authorities will provide them to the applicants together with the search reports from this bureau for reference;
4. The authorities do not conduct substantive examination of the applied trademark, and if the application is initially accepted for registration, it will be announced. Three months from the date of announcement is the objection period, and any natural person or legal person in the member countries has the right to object to the trademark. If there is no objection or the objection is not established, the trademark will be registered;
5. If the trademark that the applicant applied for registration is rejected (including the rejection of the trademark application of * * * due to objections raised by some member countries), the applicant can convert the EU trademark into a separate trademark application in one or several countries within three months, and the original application date and priority date are equally enjoyed;
6. If the trademark applied by the applicant for registration is rejected, the applicant may apply to the EU Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for reexamination. If there is reason to believe that the reexamination ruling of the EU Trademark Review and Adjudication Board violates the Rome Treaty or the * * * trademark regulations, he may also appeal to the European Court in Luxembourg.