Trademark registration preliminary review announcement time: 3-4 months for trademark formal review to establish the application date.
If no one raises objections to a preliminary approved trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary approval announcement, the trademark will be registered and a registration announcement will be published at the same time. If no one raises any objection within three months or if the objection raised is found to be invalid, the trademark will be registered and a registration certificate will be issued.
General trademark review process:
It takes about 3 working days to issue the acceptance number, about 2-3 months to check the information on the official website of the Trademark Office, and about 3-5 months to issue it The paper acceptance notice will be completed in 9-12 months after the initial review and enter the 3-month announcement period. If there is no objection at the end of the period, it will be considered approved and the trademark certificate will be printed and issued.
The role of trademark registration announcement:
For a trademark that has been preliminarily approved after the preliminary approval announcement, within three months from the date of announcement, if anyone believes that the preliminarily approved trademark violates According to the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, objections can be filed to the Trademark Office. After the three-month opposition period, if there is no objection or the objection cannot be established after the opposition ruling procedure, the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce will issue an announcement when registering the applied trademark. The purpose of this announcement is to inform the public that the trademark has been registered and that the applicant has obtained exclusive rights to the trademark and no one may infringe upon it.