The preliminary approval announcement and registration announcement of a trademark mainly refer to:
1. The Trademark Office makes the first announcement of the preliminary approval trademark in the "Trademark Announcement", which is called preliminary approval. announcement.
2. "Approved Registration Announcement" refers to a national trademark that has been initially approved and announced but no one raises any objection within the three-month announcement period, or even though someone raises an objection, it is ruled that the reason for the objection is not established. The Bureau will announce its decision to approve the registration of the trademark in the "Trademark Announcement" and issue a "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the registrant.
The way to determine the order of preliminary examination and approval of registered trademarks is that after the party submits the registration application, the Trademark Office shall complete the examination within nine months, and make a preliminary examination announcement if the application meets the requirements. For a trademark that has been initially approved and announced, if no one raises any objection within three months from the date of announcement, a trademark registration certificate will be issued. If the exclusive right to a registered trademark is transferred due to inheritance or other reasons other than transfer, the party accepting the exclusive right to the registered trademark shall go to the Trademark Office to handle the transfer procedures of the exclusive right to the registered trademark with the relevant supporting documents or legal documents. When the exclusive right to a registered trademark is transferred, the same or similar trademarks registered by the holder of the exclusive right to the registered trademark on the same or similar goods shall be transferred together; if they are not transferred together, the Trademark Office shall notify the trademark owner to make corrections within a time limit; If no correction is made, the application for transfer of the registered trademark will be deemed to have been abandoned, and the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant in writing.
Article 22 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" If the Trademark Office rejects an application for trademark registration on some designated goods, the applicant may apply for the preliminary approval of the application. Part of the application is divided into another application, and the divided application retains the filing date of the original application.
If division is required, the applicant shall submit a division application to the Trademark Office within 15 days from the date of receipt of the Trademark Office's "Notice of Partial Rejection of Trademark Registration Application".
After receiving the division application, the Trademark Office shall divide the original application into two pieces, generate a new application number for the divided preliminary approval application, and make an announcement.
Article 28 The decision not to grant registration referred to in Paragraph 3 of Article 35 and Paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the Trademark Law includes decisions not to grant registration on some designated goods.
If the registration announcement for the opposed trademark has been published before the Trademark Office makes a decision to approve registration or disapprove registration, the registration announcement shall be revoked. If the objection is not established and the registration is approved after review, it will be re-announced after the decision to approve the registration takes effect.