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Can Madrid international trademark be used in China?
1. can the Madrid international trademark be used in China? If you want to register a foreign trademark, you will use Madrid International Trademark Registration in China. Trademarks are registered in Madrid and can be directly used and protected in China, but the premise is to apply for a trademark registration certificate from the China Trademark Office, and the time for applying for a trademark registration certificate is about 2-3 months. If you don't apply for a trademark registration certificate, but you encounter legal affairs later, it will be very troublesome if you don't have a certificate issued by the Trademark Office, because the registration certificate registered in Madrid belongs to foreign evidence, and it can only be used as evidence in China after going through fair authentication procedures in the area where you registered abroad. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Madrid's international trademark registration 1. Advantages of Madrid's registered trademark: (1) Simple procedures Trademark applicants can obtain trademark protection in multiple designated countries at the same time by submitting an application to the competent authority, and the application procedures are simple. (2) Low-cost trademark applicants need to apply for trademark registration in all member countries of Madrid for one category, which is 1/12-1/11 of the cost of applying for registration one by one. (3) Time is fast. From the date of international registration, if the designated country fails to send a rejection notice to the International Bureau within the prescribed time limit (1-1.5 years), the trademark will be automatically protected in the designated country. 2. Disadvantages of registered trademarks in Madrid: (1) Limitations of registered countries. The members of Madrid Union are biased towards European countries. Some countries with close trade ties with China, such as Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Southeast Asia, Thailand, India, Malaysia and the Philippines, are not yet members, so Chinese enterprises cannot obtain trademark registration in these countries through Madrid international registration. (2) International registration based on domestic application/registration must be based on domestic trademark application/registration, and the application must be based on domestic registration or preliminary application announcement of the same trademark. Therefore, there are certain restrictions on the application time. There are two main ways for applicants to apply for registered trademarks abroad: one is to register one by one, that is, to apply for registration with the trademark authorities of various countries; One is the international registration of Madrid trademarks. 1. Ways of handling: There are two ways to apply for the international registration of Madrid trademarks through the Trademark Office: (1) Entrust a nationally recognized trademark agency to handle it. (2) The applicant submits an application to the Trademark Office by himself. Second, the steps to prepare the application → submit the application to the International Registration Office of the Trademark Office → pay the registration fee according to the provisions of the Notice of Fees → get the international registration certificate III. List of materials required for the application materials: (1) Application for international registration of Madrid trademarks; (2) Foreign language application (MM form); (3) A copy of the applicant's qualification certificate, such as a copy of business license and ID card; (4) A copy of the domestic Trademark Registration Certificate or a copy of the Acceptance Notice; (5) If the basic registered or applied trademark has been changed, transferred or renewed in China, a copy of the approval certificate shall be submitted together; (6) If the applicant uses an English name, he must provide the certificate of using the English name; (7) Where a trademark agency is entrusted, a power of attorney for trademark agency shall also be submitted; (8) Specify the United States, and submit the MM18 form together. To sum up, if a trademark applied for abroad is to be used in China, it must meet the conditions stipulated by law before it can be protected, and it must also have the registration certificate and relevant evidence. Therefore, China has strict regulations on trademark registration, not to say that it can be registered if it wants to be registered, but it can be protected if it wants to be protected. All of them have legal basis.