Legal analysis: Companies can transfer trademarks to individuals and self-employed individuals. Whether the trademark transfer is from an enterprise to an enterprise or from an enterprise to an individual or self-employed person, the trademark transfer must be handled at the National Trademark Office in Beijing. Application People can entrust an organization with trademark agency qualifications recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to act as an agent, or they can go to the Trademark Registration Hall of the State Trademark Office to apply directly. Documents required to transfer a trademark to an individual: 1. Trademark agency power of attorney signed or stamped by the trademark transferee; 2. Trademark transfer application signed or stamped by the trademark transferor and transferee; 3. Trademark transferee’s Copy of business license (legal person)/ID card (natural person), individual industrial and commercial household registration certificate; 4. Copy of business license (legal person)/ID card (natural person) of the trademark transferor; 5. Copy of trademark registration certificate/acceptance notice 6. A copy of the trademark transfer agreement signed or sealed by the transferor and the transferee. It takes about 10 months to complete the trademark transfer. The entire process includes application, acceptance, review, announcement, and issuance of transfer certificate.
Legal basis: "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 5 Two or more natural persons, legal persons or other organizations may apply to the Trademark Office at the same time By registering the same trademark, both parties shall enjoy and exercise the exclusive right to use the trademark.
Article 6 For goods that require the use of registered trademarks under laws and administrative regulations, you must apply for trademark registration. Products without approved registration may not be sold in the market.
Article 7 When applying for registration and use of a trademark, the principle of good faith shall be followed. Trademark users shall be responsible for the quality of the goods on which their trademarks are used. Industrial and commercial administrative departments at all levels should use trademark management to prevent behaviors that deceive consumers.
Article 8 Any mark that can distinguish the goods of a natural person, legal person or other organization from the goods of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds, etc., as well as the above Any combination of elements can be applied for registration as a trademark.