Citation trademarks are used to prove that others have previously applied and registered trademarks that are identical or similar to yours when your trademark is rejected.

It takes about 2 years for a trademark to be submitted from application to obtaining the trademark registration certificate. During this period, it must go through the process of formal examination and substantive examination.

Substantive examination is to examine whether a trademark has a prior identical or similar trademark. The so-called cited trademark is the evidence material of the prior identical and similar trademark found by the examiner, which is attached to the attached page of the trademark rejection notice for reference. The applicant refers.