If you don't know how to submit it, I suggest looking for a domestic agency to help you. It's convenient and cheap, and it's cheaper than your ticket to Europe in person. And the general agent will help you check the trademark in advance to ensure the success rate. (Of course, Bajie provides free trademark inquiry)
The following is the process of EU trademark registration:
Step 1: Search whether the EU trademark can be registered.
Due to the large number of countries covered by EU trademark registration, there are a large number of potential trademark dissidents. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the applicant conduct a trademark search before filing an application for European trademark registration, so as to determine whether a trademark identical or too similar to the trademark to be registered is registered by a third party and avoid unnecessary losses.
Step 2: Prepare EU trademark application materials?
1. Subject information of application: 1 Copy of personal identity document is applied as a natural person;
2. Trademark pattern: **5 copies, with clear requirements and good paper quality. If it is a color trademark, 1 black and white manuscript and 5 color manuscripts shall be submitted; Specifications shall not be less than 5cm×5cm, and the maximum shall not exceed10cm× 20cm; ;
3. Fill in 1 application form: the application form must be signed by the applicant or agent;
4. List the categories and names of the goods or services to be registered;
5. Power of attorney for trademark registration: The applicant must sign and seal the power of attorney.
Step 3: Submit the application for EU trademark registration.
1. Submit an application to the European Internal Market Coordination Bureau: the authorities will accept the trademark application that meets the requirements, and give the application date and application number.
2. Accept and conduct prior trademark search: submit an application for prior trademark search to all member countries, and each member country shall submit a search report to the Bureau of Internal Market Coordination within 3 months.
3. Trademark form review and announcement: if the application for registration is initially accepted, it will be announced, and the objection period is 3 months from the date of announcement. Any natural person or legal person in 27 member countries has the right to object to the trademark. If there is no objection or the objection is untenable, the trademark shall be registered.
4. If the application for assignment to a single country is rejected: if the trademark applied for registration by the applicant is rejected (including the application for the same subject trademark rejected due to objections raised by some member countries), the applicant can convert the EU trademark into a separate trademark application of one or several countries within three months, and the original application date and priority date are equally enjoyed.
5. The applicant refuses to accept the application for re-examination: the trademark that the applicant applied for registration is rejected. If the applicant refuses to accept it, he may apply to the European Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for re-examination. If there is reason to believe that the reexamination ruling of the EU Trademark Review and Adjudication Board violates the Rome Treaty or the Trademark Regulations, he can also appeal to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Note: Britain has officially left the European Union, and EU trademarks are not protected in Britain. If you need to register a British trademark, you can only register it separately.
To sum up, it usually takes about 4-6 months to register an EU trademark. If you are a small white trademark, it is suggested that you find Bajie to register the EU trademark, and you can handle it in China.