To register a trademark, an enterprise needs to provide a copy of its business license, a sample of the trademark and the main commodities or services, and submit them to the Trademark Office for formal examination. After receiving the Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration Application, the Trademark Office conducts substantive examination of the submitted materials, issues a trademark announcement, issues a trademark registration certificate and issues a trademark registration announcement, and the applicant receives a trademark registration certificate.
Legal basis: Article 22 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
The applicant for trademark registration shall fill in the category and name of the goods using the trademark in accordance with the prescribed commodity classification table and apply for registration.
An applicant for trademark registration may apply for the registration of the same trademark for many kinds of goods through one application.
Applications for trademark registration and other relevant documents may be submitted in written form or in the form of data messages.
Article 30
Where the trademark applied for registration does not conform to the relevant provisions of this Law or is identical with or similar to a trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by others on the same or similar goods, the Trademark Office shall reject the application and shall not make an announcement.