There are two ways to apply for international trademark registration. One way is to register one country at a time, that is, to apply for registration with the trademark authorities of various countries respectively; One is the international registration of Madrid trademarks, that is, according to the provisions of madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks (hereinafter referred to as "Madrid Agreement") or the relevant Protocol of madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks (hereinafter referred to as "Madrid Protocol"), the trademarks are registered among the members of Madrid Union.

according to different trademark classification standards, different categories of goods or services correspond to different trademark classification numbers, so how to determine the trademark classification number is the first step of international trademark registration, and what is the standard of international trademark classification?

classification of goods and services trademarks-Nice classification

As a member of Nice Agreement, China classifies trademarks according to Nice classification, so as far as China is concerned, the domestic and international trademark classification tables are consistent. The full name of the Nice Classification (NCL) is the International Classification Table of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration, which is an international classification system of goods and services for trademark registration. Nice classification was established by Nice Agreement in 1975, which divided goods and services into 45 categories, of which 1-34 categories were trademarks and ***34 categories; Categories 35-45 are service trademarks, and categories ***11; Trademark classification project * * * has more than 1, categories of goods and services. Since its establishment, the Nice Classification has been continuously revised by the Expert Committee of Nice Alliance. At present, the applicable version is the eleventh edition of Nice Classification, which came into effect on January 1, 217.

trademark graphic elements-Vienna classification

Vienna classification is an international classification of trademark graphic elements. The Vienna Agreement came into effect on August 9, 1985. China is a signatory to the Vienna Agreement and no longer formulates its own domestic classification. Therefore, China's trademark graphic elements are classified according to Vienna classification. The current version is the seventh edition, which has been valid since January 1, 213. Vienna classification is used to classify graphic elements, but it is queried according to numerical codes. Vienna classification is a classification system that divides all graphic elements into categories, groups and items from general to specific. Each category, group and item will get a code according to a special coding system, and users can input a digital code according to the graphic elements.

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