Does a registered trademark require a business license?

According to the provisions of the Trademark Law, a registered trademark must have a business license.

Because when a corporate legal person registers a trademark, it must provide a subject qualification certification document. For the enterprise, this subject qualification certification document is a business license. If the company does not have a business license, it cannot register a trademark. Applying to register goods in the name of a natural person also requires a copy of the business license of an individual industrial and commercial household.

Of course, a self-employed business license or a company business license is acceptable. In other words, if you do not have a business license, you can register a company or a self-employed individual. To apply for a trademark, you need to provide the following materials

(1) Proof of identity of the applicant (domestic natural persons: individual industrial and commercial households, submit a copy of the operator’s ID card and a copy of the individual industrial and commercial household’s business license; rural contract operators: yes The application for trademark registration shall be made in the name of the person who signed the contract, and the scope of goods and services shall be limited to its self-operated agricultural and sideline products. Domestic enterprises shall submit a copy of the identity card of the person who signed the contract and a copy of the contract. Copy of license. Domestic non-enterprises: Submit "Public Institution Legal Person Certificate", "Social Group Legal Person Registration Certificate", "Private Non-Enterprise Unit Registration Certificate", "Foundation Legal Person Registration Certificate", "Law Firm Practice License", etc. Copy of identity document);

(2) Submit the corresponding product and service item number according to the "International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration" (i.e. Nice Classification, which can be found online);

(3) Official seal of the enterprise (for individual industrial and commercial households, the operator must be present and sign in person);

(4) Prepare the trademark sample to be registered (if the trademark sample is composed of words, there is no need to submit a trademark sample) Similarly, if the trademark is a graphic or a combination of graphics and text, please submit it in accordance with the following requirements: the file format should be jpg, the size of the graphic file should be less than 200KB, and the graphic pixels should be between "400×400" - "1500×1500". Apply as a three-dimensional logo. For trademark registration, you must submit a drawing that can determine the three-dimensional shape and should include at least three views; if you apply for trademark registration with a color combination or colored drawing, you must upload the colored drawing and the black and white draft separately; if you do not specify a color, you should upload the black and white drawing; with sound. When a logo is applied for trademark registration, the sound applied for use as a trademark should be described in staff or musical notation and attached with text explanation; if it cannot be described in staff or musical notation, it should be described in words, and the trademark description and the sound sample should be consistent.

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