How to apply for a US trademark 1. The United States is a country that implements case law (i.e., unwritten law). Therefore, court precedents play an important role in handling trademark disputes and the development of trademark law in the United States. 2． The United States adopts the first-to-use trademark protection principle. Ownership of a trademark in the United States generally depends on use of the mark in the United States. Generally speaking, even if the first user has never registered its trademark in the United States or a later user has registered an identical or similar trademark first, the first person to actually use a trademark has better rights than the later user of the trademark. Of course, from the perspective of trademark protection, the registration of the user's trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot be ignored. 3． According to the currently applicable trademark registration regulations in the United States, commodity trademarks, service marks, collective marks and certification marks can be registered in the United States. 4. The United States adopts the International Classification of Goods and Services. Trademark registration is divided into a main book and a supplementary book. 5. The international organizations and international conventions that the United States participates in include: World Intellectual Property Organization, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Trademark Registers and Services, and the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement.

The main difference between the U.S. trademark system and other countries in the world is that the exclusive right to use U.S. trademarks is based on the first-to-use principle.

The process of U.S. trademark registration

First, companies and individuals apply to the Trademark Office. The application must include the classification of the product or service.

Second, 2-5 months after submitting the application to the US Trademark Office, you will be issued a receipt. After receiving this receipt, you can indicate the word "TM" on the trademark.

Third, after you officially use the trademark and within six months of receiving the registration notice, you need to report it to the Trademark Office.

Fourth and last, after 6 years, you still need to submit a notice of use to the Trademark Office, otherwise you will be forced to give up.

The cost of trademark registration in the United States

The registration fee is approximately 10,000 yuan. This depends on the actual situation and where you registered it. It takes about 4 weeks to get the acceptance notice and 15-18 months to get the certificate.