After AsiaInfo officially accepts it, the trademark registration agency will hand over the trademark you applied for to the State Trademark Office. After reporting, you can get the trademark registration certificate of the State Trademark Office in about one year. The validity period is ten years, and the certificate will be tested every two years, and a verification mark will be affixed to you. Successful trademark registration means that the company has its own independent brand and its image is getting better and better.

2. What conditions should a trademark applicant meet?

Natural persons, legal persons or other organizations that produce, manufacture, process, select and distribute goods or services that need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration.

Two or more natural persons, legal persons or other organizations may apply to the Trademark Office for registration of the same trademark and jointly enjoy and exercise the exclusive right to use the trademark.

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Third, the latest trademark registration procedures.

1, registration preparation

Select the registration method

One is to apply for registration in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; The other is to entrust an experienced trademark agency to organize agency services.

Step 2 prepare materials

Prepare 10 trademark patterns (10 color patterns and 1 1 black-and-white ink draft are required for color trademarks with specified colors), with the length and width not exceeding 10 cm and not less than 5 cm. If the direction of the trademark pattern is not clear, the upper and lower parts should be marked with arrows; If an individual applies, he/she needs to show his/her ID card and submit a copy, plus a copy of his/her business license. The business scope is consistent with the registered trademark; If an enterprise applies, it shall present and submit a copy of its business license; An application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the unit.

Step 3 start applying

4. Apply according to the classification of goods and services.

At present, goods and services are divided into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and services 1 1. When applying for registration, the category of goods or services using trademarks shall be determined according to the classification in the Classification Table of Goods and Services; Where the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, it shall apply for registration according to different categories.

5. Determination of application date

This is the most important point: because China adopts the principle of applying first in trademark registration, once you have a trademark dispute with other enterprises, the enterprise with the earlier application date will be protected by law. Therefore, it is very important to establish the application date, which is based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application.

Then there are three procedures: trademark examination, preliminary examination announcement and registration announcement. It should be emphasized that a trademark that has passed the preliminary examination of the Trademark Office cannot be registered until three months after the announcement, and the trademark is protected by law. The period of validity of a registered trademark is ten years, counting from the date of approval of registration. If it is necessary to continue to use the trademark after the expiration of the validity period, it may apply for the renewal of the trademark registration.

6. Obtain a trademark registration certificate

After a trademark is registered, the Trademark Office issues a certificate to the registrant.