Is there a time limit for the examination of trademark registration? The new trademark law defines the time limit for the examination of trademark registration for the first time, such as the time limit for the preliminary examination of the application for new trademark registration, the time limit for hearing the objection case, the time limit for the review of refusal to register, the time limit for the review of rejection and the time limit for the review of invalidation. What are the rules for the process and time of trademark registration? 1. Design-We can entrust our company or design it ourselves before applying for trademark registration. Trademark design should pay attention to the following points: (1) originality, that is, trademark design should be innovative; On the one hand, it must meet the requirements of distinctiveness, on the other hand, creative trademarks are easy to expand the popularity of goods and quickly occupy the market. (2) The name of a trademark should avoid being associated with the function of the commodity. (3) The design of trademarks should highlight the theme and make a reasonable layout. 2. Inquiry-Trademark inquiry usually refers to the inquiry about trademark information made by an applicant for trademark registration before applying for a registered trademark, in order to know whether there is a prior trademark right that may conflict with his application for registered trademark. A trademark takes a long time from application to approval and registration. If the application for trademark registration is rejected, on the one hand, the trademark registration fee will be lost, on the other hand, it will take longer to re-apply for registered trademarks, and whether the re-application can be approved for registration is still unknown. Therefore, before applying for a registered trademark, the applicant had better make a trademark inquiry to understand the prior rights. There are two kinds of query services: one is internal query service; The other is to act as an agent for government inquiry service for 7-14 working days. 3. Application-The application documents for trademark registration shall be submitted to the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong. 4. Acceptance-After receiving the application materials for trademark registration, the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong will give an application number and issue a notice of acceptance, which will take about one week. 5. Examination-Trademark examination is divided into two processes: formal examination and substantive examination. Formal examination means that before examining the application, the Trademark Registry will carefully examine the application form and all its attachments to see whether the required parts in the form have been filled in, whether the relevant information is correct and whether the required information is incomplete. If everything is in order, the application procedure will go to the next stage (substantive examination stage). Substantive examination means that after checking the shortcomings of the application and making sure that all the information is ready, the Trademark Registry will search the trademark records to determine whether other merchants have registered or applied for the registration of the same or similar trademarks for the same or similar goods or services. At the same time, the Trade Marks Registry will check whether the relevant trade marks meet the registration requirements under the Trade Marks Ordinance. If approved, the application procedure will enter the next stage (the stage of gazetting and announcing). 6. Announcement-After the application is approved by the Trademark Registry, it will be announced in the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Bulletin for three months. If no one raises any objection, the trademark can be successfully registered. 7. Registration-If there is no objection to the trademark announcement or the objection is not established after ruling, the registration is successful. Under normal circumstances, it takes about 6 months to obtain the registration certificate. After successful registration, it is valid for 1 years, and it can be renewed on time six months before the expiration. What are the conditions for applying for trademark registration? According to the provisions of China's trademark law, not all trademarks can be registered, but only if they meet the conditions stipulated in the trademark law. The conditions are as follows: 1. The composition of the trademark applied for registration. Any visible sign that can distinguish the goods of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations from those of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and color combinations, and the combination of the above elements, can apply for registration as a trademark. 2. The trademark applied for registration must be distinctive and easy to identify. The trademark applied for registration shall have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and shall not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. The distinctive features mentioned in the law mean that a trademark should have obvious characteristics, which makes it easy for consumers to identify and distinguish it from other commodities. 3. A trademark applying for registration shall not use words or graphics prohibited by law. There are many words and figures prohibited by law, but those who can meet the above conditions of 1 and 2 and do not violate social morality and national citizen image can basically be registered. Specific requirements of the application for trademark registration 1. According to Article 15 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law, the application for trademark registration and other relevant documents shall be typed or printed. For handwritten trademark applications, the Trademark Office will not accept them; 2. The name and address of the applicant for trademark registration shall be filled in according to the Business License. If the address in the Business License is not marked with the name of the province, city or county where the enterprise is located, the applicant must add the name of the province, city or county before its address. The official seal of the applicant's name shall be completely consistent with the name of the enterprise registered in the Business License; 3, goods or services should be in accordance with the "classification of goods and services" or "similar goods and services to distinguish the table" to fill in the name of the specification, an application can only fill in one category of goods or services. If the commodity name or service item is not included in the classification table, a description of the commodity or service item shall be attached. 4. If the applicant is a natural person, the name of the applicant must be filled in with the ID number after the name; The applicant's address can be filled in with the actual address or mailing address of a natural person. 5. If the trademark applied for registration is not a three-dimensional trademark or a color combination trademark, the applicant shall tick "√" in the box before "general" in the column of trademark category. 6. Please carefully check the application form before submitting it, and it shall not be changed after submitting it. If you fill in any mistakes, you need to submit the Application for Correction of Trademark Application/Registration Matters (Form 7) and pay the 5 yuan fee. The applicant, goods or services and trademark patterns may not be replaced. The legal effect of registered trademarks There are registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks. A registered trademark refers to a trademark that has been approved and registered by the Trademark Office and published in the trademark announcement, and the trademark registrant enjoys the exclusive right. Trademark registration refers to a legal activity in which a trademark user applies to the trademark management authority for registration according to law, and after examination and approval by the Trademark Office, he logs in the trademark registration book, issues a trademark registration certificate, and announces it, granting the registrant the exclusive right to use the trademark. The use of a registered trademark shall be marked with the words "registered trademark" or with a registration mark. If it is inconvenient to mark the goods, it shall be marked on the packaging or instructions of the goods and other marks. China, like the usual international legal provisions, allows the use of registered trademarks; At the same time, it is also conditionally allowed to use unregistered trademarks without trademark registration. However, the use of a registered trademark has the exclusive right of legal protection, and only the trademark owner or licensee can use it. Without the permission of the registered trademark owner, anyone who uses a trademark that is the same as or similar to his registered trademark in the same or similar goods or services is a trademark infringement. An unregistered trademark does not enjoy the exclusive right of legal protection. If it is identical or similar to a registered trademark and belongs to the same or similar goods or services, the unregistered trademark must be stopped immediately, or it will bear the legal liability for trademark infringement. When others use the same or similar trademarks with their unregistered trademarks on the same or similar goods or services, the law does not hold others responsible because the unregistered trademarks do not enjoy the exclusive right. Date of application for trademark registration How to determine the date of application for trademark registration shall be based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents. If the application procedures are complete and the application documents are filled out in accordance with the regulations, the application number shall be assigned and a Notice of Acceptance shall be issued; If the application procedures are incomplete or the application documents are not filled out in accordance with the regulations, they will be returned and the application date will not be retained. Where the application procedures are basically complete or the application documents basically meet the requirements, but need to be corrected, the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant to make corrections, and limit him to make corrections according to the specified contents and return them to the Trademark Office within 15 days from the date of receiving the notice. If it is corrected within a time limit and returned to the Trademark Office, the date of application shall be kept; If it is not corrected or corrected within the time limit, it will be returned and the application date will not be retained. The above is the relevant knowledge that Net Xiaobian explains for you. For the first time, the new trademark law defines the time limit for trademark registration examination, such as the time limit for preliminary examination of new trademark registration application, the time limit for hearing objection cases, the time limit for hearing non-registration review, the time limit for hearing rejection review, and the time limit for hearing invalidation review. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask for legal advice on the website. Legal objectivity:

Article 4 of the Trademark Law. If a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for its goods or services in production and business activities, it shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration. The provisions of this Law on commodity trademarks shall apply to service trademarks.