First, it is related to the three-phase system just launched by the Trademark Office and the implementation of the new trademark law.

During the system upgrade, there were more than two months (April to June) when documents were not processed (only received but not reviewed), and various rules and regulations needed a transition, which would affect all the processes of trademark application. The internal processes of the Trademark Office mainly include:

Receipt, formal review (book review), scanning entry, proofreading, checking (deduction), secondary formal review (content review), printing acceptance notice, card classification, actual review, rejection or preliminary examination, printing rejection notice or registration certificate.

The most influential process in this transition is the formal examination (book review). In order to cooperate with the implementation of the new trademark law, the Trademark Office has issued a new book form, and the requirements for the book form are more stringent.

Second, the trademark trial process has changed.

The application for trademark registration is changed from receipt, formal examination, entry and payment to receipt, formal examination and payment, and then transferred to the background to be reviewed by the examiner on the declared name or service items, trademark design and other contents, and then issued after confirmation. As mentioned above, only after the second formal review (content review) will there be problems with the goods or services submitted in the application documents. This means that the Trademark Office will issue a notice of correction before issuing an acceptance notice, which also requires the agency to be more rigorous and meticulous.