1. Application for trademark registration with the official seal of the applicant.
2. Six trademark designs (1 on the back of the application, five submitted), with clear patterns, and the length and width of specifications shall be not less than 5 cm and not more than 10 cm. If a color is specified, paste 1 color pattern, cross 5 color patterns, and attach 1 black and white pattern.
3. Go directly to the trademark registration hall, submit a copy of the applicant's business license and show the original business license; If the original business license cannot be produced, the applicant's seal must be affixed to the copy of the applicant's business license. Where a trademark agency is entrusted to act as an agent, a copy of the applicant's business license shall be submitted.
4. Go directly to the trademark registration hall and submit a copy of the agent's ID card; Where a trademark agency is entrusted, a power of attorney for trademark agency shall be submitted.
5. If the trademark applied for registration is a portrait of a person, it shall be accompanied by a notarized statement that the portrait owner agrees to use the portrait as a trademark registration.
(2) A natural person applying for trademark registration shall submit the following application documents:
1. Application for trademark registration signed by the applicant.
2. Six trademark designs (1 on the back of the application, five submitted), with clear patterns, and the length and width of specifications shall be not less than 5 cm and not more than 10 cm. If a color is specified, paste a color swatch, cross color 5, and attach a 1 black and white pattern.
3. Go directly to the trademark registration hall and submit a copy of the applicant's ID card or passport, and the agent will show the original ID card or passport and submit a copy; Where a trademark agency is entrusted, a power of attorney for trademark agency and a copy of the applicant's ID card shall be submitted.
4. Where the trademark applied for registration is a portrait of a person, a notarized statement that the portrait owner agrees to use the portrait as a trademark registration shall be attached.
What is the process of trademark registration? Trademark design, trademark inquiry, submission, application acceptance notice, trademark examination, announcement and registration completion.
1. Before applying for trademark registration, you can entrust our company or design it yourself. Trademark design should pay attention to the following points:
(1) originality, that is, the design of trademarks should be innovative; On the one hand, it is necessary to meet the requirements of distinctiveness, on the other hand, creative trademarks are easy to expand the popularity of goods and quickly occupy the market.
(2) The name of a trademark should avoid being associated with the function of the commodity.
(3) The design of trademarks should highlight the theme and make a reasonable layout.
2. Trademark inquiry usually refers to the inquiry of trademark information conducted by the trademark registration applicant in order to know whether there is a prior trademark right that may conflict with the trademark applied for registration. It takes a long time for a trademark to apply for registration. If the application for trademark registration is rejected, on the one hand, the trademark registration fee will be lost, on the other hand, it will take longer to reapply for registered trademarks, and it is still unknown whether the reapplication can be approved for registration. Therefore, before applying for a registered trademark, the applicant had better make a trademark inquiry to understand the prior rights. There are two kinds of query services: one is internal query service; The other is 7- 14 working days for government inquiry service.
3. The application documents for trademark registration shall be submitted to the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong.
4. After receiving the application materials for trademark registration, the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong will give an application number and issue an acceptance notice, which will take about one week.
5. Trademark review is divided into two processes: formal review and substantive review. Formal examination means that before examining the application, the Trademark Registration Office will carefully examine the application and all its attachments to see whether the required parts in the form have been filled in, whether the relevant information is correct and whether the required information is incomplete. If everything is ready, the application procedure will enter the next stage (substantive examination stage). Substantive examination means that the Trademark Registration Office searches the trademark records after checking the shortcomings of the application and making sure that all the information is complete, so as to determine whether other businesses have registered or applied for the registration of the same or similar trademarks for the same or similar goods or services. At the same time, the Trademark Registry will check whether the relevant trademarks meet the registration requirements of the Trade Marks Ordinance. If approved, the application procedure will enter the next stage (gazetting and announcement stage).
6. After the application for announcement is approved by the Trademark Registry, it will be announced in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Bulletin for a period of three months. If no one raises an objection, the trademark can be successfully registered.
7. If there is no objection to the announcement of the registered trademark or the objection is not established after the ruling, the registration is successful. In general, it takes about 6 months to obtain the registration certificate. After successful registration, the validity period is 10 year, and the fee can be renewed on time in the first half of the expiration.
How to determine the way to apply for trademark registration The applicant can entrust an organization with the trademark agency qualification recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, or go directly to the trademark registration hall of the State Trademark Office. At present, there are nearly 150 trademark agencies recognized by the state, which are distributed in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.
The applicant shall, according to his own specific circumstances, decide whether to entrust an organization with the qualification of trademark agency to handle the registered trademark on his behalf or go directly to the Trademark Office. Applicants who are familiar with trademark laws, regulations and related procedures and have good postal service at their habitual residence or business place can go directly to the Trademark Office; If the above conditions are not met, it is best to entrust a trademark agency to act as an agent; Foreigners or foreign enterprises that have no habitual residence or business premises in China shall entrust a trademark agency to apply for trademark registration in China.
In the process of examining trademark applications, the Trademark Office often issues various documents to applicants, such as notices of correction and rejection. Most of these documents require the applicant to make some amendments to the original application and reply. These documents are usually sent by post office. In view of the fact that the postal channels in some parts of China are not smooth, some applicants' addresses have changed, and the documents issued by the Trademark Office have not been received by the applicants from time to time, which has affected the process of trademark registration.
Trademark agents in trademark agency organizations are familiar with trademark laws and regulations, proficient in trademark business, able to accurately understand the intentions of the clients and the Trademark Office, and assist the parties to accurately modify the documents required by the Trademark Office, so that the examination of trademark registration applications can proceed smoothly.
The process of applying for a trademark online When applying for trademark registration online, the following procedures shall be followed:
1. Apply? Trademark digital certificate? ; Only trademark agencies need to perform this step.
2. Download and install digital certificate drivers and security application controls; Only trademark agencies need to perform this step.
3. Log in to the online application system, select the book form and submit the online trademark application;
4. Pay trademark fees; The trademark agency organization shall pay the full trademark fee to the Trademark Office before submitting the application.
5. Confirm whether the online application was submitted successfully. After the online application for trademark is successfully submitted, if the Trademark Office requires the submission of relevant paper application materials, it shall be handled in accordance with the provisions.
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