Limited companies (business license for corporate entities), natural persons (business license for individual industrial and commercial households), and sole proprietorships can register trademarks.
If you go to Beijing to apply directly, the National Trademark Office charges a fixed fee of 300 yuan. The procedures include: drawing, copy of business license (copy of ID card), letter of introduction, and an official seal (or application stamped with an official seal) is required. Book).
To find a trademark agency, you need to pay an agency fee of 600-1,000.
1. Registration preparation
1. Selection of registration method:
One is to go to the Beijing National Trademark Office to register a trademark yourself. Another way is to entrust an experienced trademark agency organization to provide you with trademark agency services.
2. Inquiry on the right to register a trademark first:
Trademark inquiry refers to whether the trademark registration applicant or his agent, before filing an application for registration, checks whether the trademark applied for is consistent with the trademark registration application. First, check whether there are identical or similar rights to the trademark.
3. Preparation of trademark application materials:
If you are applying in the name of a natural person, a copy of your ID card and a copy of your individual business license are required.
2. Application for registration
1. Applicants for trademark registration must be: legally established enterprises, institutions, social groups, individual industrial and commercial individuals, and natural persons. The application for trademark registration must be attached. Have an individual business license.
2. File an application according to the classification of goods and services: my country’s trademark law implements the 43 categories of the International Classification of Goods.
3. The application date for trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents.
3. Trademark review
Trademark review is the responsibility of the trademark registration supervisor. The agency's inspection of whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law
IV. Preliminary Examination Announcement
Trademark approval refers to the examination of the trademark registration application that complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law. 》Relevant provisions, decision to allow its registration. And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement".
5. Registration Announcement It takes about two to three years to apply. If using an agent, the agent will send the Trademark Registration Certificate to the trademark registrant. If you apply for registration directly, you should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the trademark registration certificate within three months after receiving the "Notice of Obtaining the Trademark Registration Certificate". At the same time, you should also bring:
(1) Letter of introduction for obtaining the trademark registration certificate;
(2) Identity card and copy of the applicant
(3) Original copy of business license, the copy should be stamped with the stamp of the local industrial and commercial department;
(4) Notification of receiving the trademark registration certificate; the following materials should be submitted when applying for trademark registration:
1. The applicant must submit the "Trademark Registration Application Form" in accordance with the principle of one application for one trademark for one category of goods. 》One copy. That is to say, the goods or services reported in an application can only be limited to the categories of the "International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration". Fill in the category and name of the trademark by category. Application documents should be printed.
2. 10 pieces of trademark drawings (for color trademarks of specified colors, 10 colored drawings and 1 black and white ink drawing should be submitted). The trademark image provided must be clear, with the length and width not larger than 10 cm and not smaller than 5 cm.
3. Natural persons applying for registration must submit a copy of their ID card and individual business license. Other aspects are the same as those for companies.
4. Trademark application documents should be in Chinese, and foreign language documents should be accompanied by Chinese translations.
5. When applying for registration of a trademark using a portrait, the applicant must provide a letter of authorization from the portrait owner and it must be notarized by a notary public.