Article 3 Where a trademark applicant submits an online application by himself, he shall submit an online user registration application before submitting the online trademark application, and fill in the true and effective user information as required.
Where a trademark applicant holds an electronic business license, he may apply for user registration using the electronic business license.
Article 4 To submit an online trademark application, the application documents shall be submitted through the online trademark application system in accordance with the file format, data standards, operation specifications and transmission methods stipulated by the Trademark Office. If the online application documents do not meet the above requirements, they shall be deemed as not submitted.
Article 5 Where an online trademark application is submitted, the application date shall be the date when the application documents are successfully submitted to the online application system of the Trademark Office.
Article 6 When submitting an online trademark application, the application information shall be subject to the records in the database of the Trademark Office. However, unless the parties do have evidence to prove that there are errors in the archives and database records of the Trademark Office.
Article 7 When submitting an online trademark application, a trademark applicant and a trademark agency shall pay the trademark fee by online payment within the opening hours of the system on the same day, and those who fail to pay shall be deemed as not having submitted the application.
Article 8 All provisions on paper applications are applicable to online trademark applications except those specifically for trademark applications submitted in paper form.