The so-called trademark approximate inquiry refers to the procedure that an applicant for trademark registration personally or entrusts a trademark agent to inquire about the trademark registration in a trademark registration agency to find out whether the trademark he intends to apply for registration is the same as or similar to the trademark that others have successfully registered or are applying for registration. Although this is a non-mandatory procedure, it is a very important link.
Because the prior inquiry of applying for a trademark can effectively improve the success rate of applying for registration and reduce blindness. Once the trademark is rejected, it will inevitably cause the applicant a double loss of time and cost. Pre-query of trademarks can greatly reduce the expenditure of blind fees and win more effective time for smooth registration.
How to query trademark approximation?
First, you can go to the business hall of the Trademark Office for trademark inquiry, but there is a charge for this inquiry.
Second, you can entrust a trademark registration agency to inquire on your behalf. This trademark inquiry channel is generally free, and you can also have a professional agent to evaluate the inquiry results and give professional registration opinions or suggestions.
Third, there is another way that applicants can log in by themselves? Trademark network? , enter the corresponding classification number and content to query, but in the process of trademark query, it is impossible to determine whether the trademark constitutes an approximation.
However, it is worth noting that trademark query can only query the application and registered trademark information that has been entered into the database. During this period, some newly applied trademark information can't be inquired, and this blank area that can't be inquired is what we call a blind area.
How to further improve the success rate of trademark application when there is a blind spot in trademark inquiry? This requires a general judgment on trademarks. Of course, specific problems are analyzed in detail.
Next, let's learn several simple methods to judge the similarity of Chinese trademarks:
1. Two or more Chinese characters are the same, but those with different arrangement order will be judged as approximate. For example, Antu-Touran is a pair of approximate trademarks.
2. There are more than three Chinese characters, only a few are different, and the words with weak meaning will be judged as approximate, but this is also divided into several situations. Such as pars-Palthe, will be judged as an approximate trademark.
3. For a Chinese trademark composed of four Chinese characters, the front and back parts can be connected into a whole respectively, and registered separately when inquiring, for example? Valerie. Trademark, if previously registered separately? Huarui? And then what? Al. Yes, this kind of trademark is generally risky, so registration is not recommended. Besides, if it's first, just register? Al. Yes, that? Valerie. It is usually registrable. On the contrary, if you just register first? Huarui? Yes, that? Valerie. Registration is still risky, so it is not recommended to register.
4. word mark, only if the words indicating the location and business premises are different, other parts that are the same will also be judged as approximate, such as Yunshuixuan-Shuiyunge, which is an approximate trademark.
In short, if the trademark applicant makes a trademark approximate query and makes an approximate judgment, the success rate of the application can reach 80%. If you are still not at ease, it is recommended to register a trademark. Porcelain works? Give it to a professional intellectual property service organization.