Generally speaking, the validity period of a trademark is ten years. Within ten years, the ownership of the trademark belongs only to the holder, and no fees are required. Each renewal is also ten years. If the trademark expires without renewal, the trademark will become invalid!

For example, the famous National People's Congress trademark was successfully registered by a company in Quanzhou because it expired and was not renewed.

Excluding the text and graphics, these two trademarks are 99.9% similar! So why was the trademark successfully registered? That’s because the trademark registered by Renmin University of China in the 41st education category has expired and has not been renewed. So if someone else’s trademark expires, you can re-apply to register the trademark! However, before re-applying, you should conduct a similar search on the trademark to see if there is a similar trademark and whether it can still be registered, so as to avoid being time-consuming and laborious in the end. Of course, Bajie Intellectual Property is not advocating this unhealthy trend of exploiting every opportunity. It just wants to call on companies to pay attention to their trademarks and proactively renew them after the trademark expires. This can avoid unnecessary troubles if it no longer develops. For goods/services under this trademark, you can also choose to transfer the trademark!