It takes about 12 months to add a category to a trademark. It takes about one month for the Trademark Office to issue an acceptance notice, and the preliminary review period is three months. It takes about 12 months to complete trademark registration. Except for the 3-month announcement period for the preliminary examination, which is the statutory time limit, all other times are estimates, because the law does not clearly stipulate the completion time of trademark examination, and the final time is subject to the completion time of the Trademark Office.

1. How long does it take to add a category to a trademark?

It takes about 12 months to add a category to a trademark.

If you want to add a category to the trademark after the registration is completed, you need to submit a trademark registration application again according to the trademark category you want to add. If it is reviewed by the Trademark Office, it can be used after the registration is approved.

It takes about one month for the Trademark Office to issue an acceptance notice, and the preliminary review period is three months. It takes about 12 months to complete trademark registration.

Except for the 3-month announcement period for the preliminary examination, which is the statutory time limit, all other times are estimates, because the law does not clearly stipulate the completion time of trademark examination, and the final time is subject to the completion time of the Trademark Office. .

2. Is it necessary to have a trademark?

1. As we all know, when applying for a store in Tmall Mall, merchants need to apply for registration in the form of company qualifications.

In other words, Tmall stores cannot be opened in the name of an individual. In addition to meeting the conditions of a company, in order to ensure the operation of the merchant's products in the Tmall market.

2. Of course, when opening a store on Tmall Mall, we can use our own trademarks or trademarks obtained through authorization.

That is to say, when a merchant applies for a store on Tmall Mall, we can register a trademark ourselves, or we can register a store through a trademark obtained through agency authorization.

3. In terms of trademark qualifications, Tmall Mall requires merchants to provide trademark qualifications: an application for a trademark registration acceptance notice issued by the State Trademark Administration, or a trademark registration certificate issued by the State Trademark Administration .

That is to say, both the TM trademark and the R trademark can be applied for entry into Tmall stores.

4. If the product brand operated by the merchant is not within the range of Tmall’s popular brands that year, the merchant needs to apply for a Tmall store in the form of self-recommended brands.

The only trademark qualification a trademark can provide is a trademark registration certificate. A trademark registration acceptance notice cannot be used for store application.