What is the process of trademark registration?
1. What is the process of trademark registration? The process of registering a certified trademark is as follows: Specific requirements for preparation of application documents 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. The Trademark Office does not accept handwritten applications for certification trademarks and collective trademarks. 2. When filling in the application for trademark registration, the name and seal of the applicant shall be completely consistent with the approved or registered name. Goods or services should be filled in the standard name according to the Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services, and only one kind of goods or services can be filled in an application. If the name of a commodity or service is not included in the List of Similar Commodities and Services, a corresponding explanation shall be attached. 3. Where the application for registration is a certification trademark, it shall be indicated in the "trademark type" column of the application for trademark registration; Where the application for registration is a collective trademark, it shall be indicated in the "trademark type" column of the application for trademark registration. 4. The document proving the applicant's main qualification can be the business license of the enterprise or the approval document of the registered institution or social organization. The applicant for the registration of a collective trademark shall be an organization, which may be an industrial and commercial group, association, trade or other collective organization, rather than a single enterprise or individual operator. 5. To apply for the registration of geographical indications as collective trademarks or certification trademarks, a document issued by the competent commercial department at or above the provincial level (including the provincial level) to prove its regulatory capacity and geographical scope of origin shall be attached. 6. The management rules for the use of certification marks shall include the following contents: the purpose, significance or purpose of using certification marks; Prove the specific quality of the goods certified by the trademark; Conditions for using the trademark; The rights and obligations of using the certification trademark and the responsibilities for violating the provisions; The inspection and supervision system of registrants for commodities using certification trademarks. 7. The management rules for the use of collective trademarks shall include the following contents: the purpose of using collective trademarks; The name, address and legal representative of the collective member who uses the collective trademark; The quality of the goods designated for use by the collective trademark; Procedures for using collective trademarks; Violation of the rights, obligations and responsibilities of collective members; The inspection and supervision system of registrants for goods using collective trademarks. 8. All application documents shall be in Chinese. An application for a certification trademark or collective trademark for territorial extension in China shall be submitted in Chinese; Where an application is made for using a language other than Chinese, a Chinese translation shall be attached, and the Chinese translation shall prevail. Application process: 1. Entrust a trademark agency to handle the certification. Trademark applicants can voluntarily choose any trademark agency recognized by the state to handle it. All trademark agencies registered in the Trademark Office are published in the column of "Agencies". 2. The applicant can directly apply for trademark certification in the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office. The applicant can follow the following steps: pre-application inquiry (non-essential procedure) → preparation of application documents → submission of application documents in the acceptance window of the trademark registration hall → receipt of barcode in the coding window → payment of trademark registration fee in the payment window → issuance of acceptance notice by the Trademark Office in about one month → correction of trademark registration application (non-essential procedure). If citizens want to bring their trademarks that have been used and have a certain impact on the market into the scope of legal protection, they should submit relevant certification materials to the Trademark Office in time and register them in the system. After that, if there is trademark infringement, they can directly use the registered information to defend their rights.