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Do you have to go through an agency to apply for a trademark?

Legal analysis: trademark registration application is usually the first step for civil subjects to obtain trademark rights. To judge whether it is necessary to entrust an agency to file trademark applications on their behalf, the following steps should be followed:

1. The applicant is a foreigner or a foreign enterprise. If a foreigner or foreign enterprise applies for trademark registration and handles other trademark matters in China, it shall entrust a legally established trademark agency to handle it. Therefore, foreigners or foreign enterprises must entrust trademark agencies to handle related business. 2. China people or domestic enterprises. You can apply for trademark registration at the Trademark Office by yourself; If you lack professional knowledge or have doubts about whether you can get approval, you can entrust a professional trademark agency to help you apply for a trademark.

Legal basis: Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 17 Where a foreigner or foreign enterprise applies for trademark registration in China, it shall be handled according to the agreement signed between the country to which it belongs and the People's Republic of China, or the international treaty to which * * * is a party, or according to the principle of reciprocity.

article 18 when applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, you can handle it yourself or entrust a legally established trademark agency to handle it. If a foreigner or foreign enterprise applies for trademark registration and handles other trademark matters in China, it shall entrust a legally established trademark agency to handle it.