first, use the trademark you want to register and check with official website of China Trademark Office to see if it is registered. If it is not registered, it is recommended to find an agency to register it.
trademark registration process:
trademark inquiry
trademark inquiry is a very important link in trademark application. Doing this step well can make us get twice the result with half the effort. Trademark inquiry is very professional, and it is far from enough to rely on the system to check it. Just like 114sb inquiry, it will issue a trademark inquiry report, but you'd better consult people in this field. Know your trademark registration success rate. Improve your own trademark registration plan to avoid wasting time and money.
submitting a trademark application
applying for a trademark varies according to the applicant.
1. To apply for registration in the name of an enterprise, a copy of the business license shall be provided, and the official seal shall be affixed to the copy of the business license;
2. To apply for registration in a personal name, one copy of personal ID card and one copy of business license of individual industrial and commercial households shall be provided, and the business license of individual industrial and commercial households shall be stamped with official seal;
3. Provide trademark words or patterns. If color protection is required, color patterns are also required;
4. The items of goods/services to be registered can be filled in according to the goods or services operated by the applicant, with reference to the tenth edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration (Nice Classification) and the Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services revised by the Trademark Office according to the above international classification table;
5. Provide a power of attorney for trademark agency with official seal or signature, which can be downloaded from this website; In particular, the address in the Power of Attorney for Trademark should be exactly the same as the registered address in the business license.
6. Formal examination of trademark
The contents of formal examination are: examination of application documents, examination of trademark pattern specifications, clarity and necessary explanations, and classification examination.
There are three kinds of review results: acceptance notice, correction notice and rejection notice.
7. substantive examination of trademarks
substantive examination is a series of activities, such as examination, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and study, and decision to give preliminary approval or reject the application, conducted by the trademark registration authority.
8. After three months of trademark announcement, a trademark certificate will be issued without objection.