No refund will be given if the trademark registration is rejected.
According to the provisions of my country’s Trademark Law, if the trademark registration is rejected, the fees paid by the applicant will not be refunded, because when the trademark application is rejected, the Trademark Office has already reviewed the trademark.
Trademark registration process:
1. The enterprise is required to provide a copy of the business license, a sample of the trademark and the main products or services, and submit them to the Trademark Office;
2. Formal review by the Trademark Office (7-15 working days) after receiving the "Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration Application";
3. Substantive review by the Trademark Office (about 5-8 months);
< p>4. Trademark announcement (3 months);5. Issuance of trademark registration certificate and publication of trademark registration announcement;
6. Applicant receives "Trademark Registration Certificate";< /p>
The procedures for trademark registration are all unified, and the official fee is 1,000 yuan per item. If you find an agency, you will need some agency fees.
The conditions for trademark registration are:
1. The logo is qualified. That is, the logo applied for registration should be words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations, etc., as well as a combination of the above elements, and have distinctive features for easy identification;
2. The applicant has Qualifications to apply for registration;
3. Other conditions.
Legal Basis
"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 21 The Trademark Office shall accept trademark registration applications in accordance with the trademark The relevant provisions of the Law and these Regulations shall be reviewed, and if the registration application conforms to the provisions or the trademark is used on some designated goods, it shall be preliminarily reviewed and announced; if the registration application does not meet the provisions or the trademark is used on some designated goods, it shall be If the application does not comply with the regulations, the application will be rejected or the registration application for use of the trademark on some designated goods will be rejected, and the applicant will be notified in writing and the reasons will be stated.
Article 22 If the Trademark Office rejects a trademark registration application for some designated goods, the applicant may divide the preliminary application in the application into another application. The 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 30 If a trademark applied for registration does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Law or is identical or similar to a trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by others on the same or similar goods, the Trademark Office shall The application is rejected and no announcement will be made.
Article 31: If two or more trademark registration applicants apply for registration of the same or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods, the first applicant shall be preliminarily reviewed and announced. If the application is made on the same day, the previously used trademark will be initially reviewed and announced, and other applications will be rejected and will not be announced.