Application process:

1. Declaration of geographical indication products;

2. Acceptance;

3. Technical review and approval;

4. Producers within the geographical indication product producing area shall apply to the local Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and submit relevant materials when using geographical indications to protect the special signs of products;

5, audited by the provincial quality supervision department;

6. After being reported to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) for examination and qualified registration, an announcement will be issued, and producers will use the special marks for geographical indication products on their products according to the relevant provisions on special marks to obtain the protection of geographical indication products.

application conditions for geographical indications:

1. natural persons, legal persons or others whose products are registered with geographical indications as certification trademarks meet the requirements for using the geographical indications? An organization may require the use of the certification mark, and the organization that controls the certification mark shall allow it.

2. A natural person, legal person or other organization whose products meet the requirements for using a geographical indication registered as a collective trademark may request to join a group, association or other organization registered with the geographical indication as a collective trademark, and the group, association or other organization shall be admitted as a member according to its articles of association; Those who do not require to join a group, association or other organization that uses the geographical indication as a collective trademark may also use the geographical indication properly, and the group, association or other organization has no right to prohibit it.

3. Article 16 of the Trademark Law stipulates that a trademark contains a geographical indication of a commodity, but the commodity does not come from the area marked by the indication, which misleads the public, so it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited; However, those registered in good faith shall continue to be valid.

Application fee for geographical indication trademark:

1. The applicant provides a copy of the business license for trademark registration and affixes the official seal of the company;

2. The applicant needs to pay the 27 yuan application fee to register the trademark;

3. The time for trademark registration is about 4-8 months, and the acceptance number will be issued within one working day.

Legal basis:

Article 7 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China applies for registration and use of trademarks, and the principle of good faith shall be followed. The trademark user shall be responsible for the quality of the goods in which he uses the trademark. The administrative departments for industry and commerce at all levels shall stop cheating consumers through trademark management.