In daily trademark work, industrial and commercial personnel often check relevant trademark registration information through the trademark website, such as whether a certain trademark has been approved for registration, whether it is still within the validity period, what is the approved registered trademark pattern, and what is the approved trademark? What goods or services are used, who is the exclusive owner of the trademark, and what is the licensing status of the trademark, etc. Below, based on work practice, the author will talk about some personal experiences on how to read trademark search web pages. Criticisms and corrections are welcome for any inadequacies.
The URL of Trademark Network is. There are three columns in the middle of the page: online application, trademark inquiry, and trademark announcement. Click on the trademark query to enter the "Disclaimer" page. After selecting "I accept", you will enter the query page. There are three query methods, namely trademark approximate query, trademark comprehensive query, and trademark status query. You can query according to different demand selection.
After entering the search elements such as the trademark name or the name of the trademark registrant, the "Trademark Detailed Information" search page will appear, which sets the registration number/application number, application date, applicant name, trademark image, 24 items of trademark information including product/service list, similar groups, preliminary review announcement date, registration announcement date, exclusive rights period, trademark process, etc. Judging from the author's query practice, the Trademark Network will immediately update the trademark preliminary examination announcement and registration announcement information, while the new trademark application registration information is currently updated on a delayed basis.
The name and address of the applicant displayed on the query webpage are the information of the trademark owner who is still registered at the time of query. The applicant is not necessarily the market entity that originally applied to register the trademark, because after the trademark transfer or transfer procedures are completed, the name and address of the original right holder will be changed to the name and address of the new right holder. Click "View Details" in the product/service list column to open the "Product and Similar Group List" web page, where you can view the specific products or services for which the trademark has been applied for or approved and the corresponding similar group numbers.
Under normal circumstances, trademarks that have been announced through preliminary review will display the preliminary review announcement issue number and preliminary review announcement date; trademarks that have been approved for registration will display the registration announcement issue number, registration announcement date, and exclusive right period; Trademarks that have gone through procedures such as objections, disputes, changes, renewals, and license contract filings will have corresponding information displayed in the Trademark Process column. After being approved for registration, if a trademark has expired due to reasons such as non-renewal or cancellation, the words "Trademark has expired" will be displayed accordingly in the remarks column, and the words "Trademark has expired" will be displayed accordingly in the trademark process column. Use, cancel registration of improper trademark? and other words. Registered trademarks that are older may not all display the preliminary examination announcement period number, preliminary examination announcement date, registration announcement period number, and registration announcement date, but at least the exclusive right period will be displayed.
On the trademark inquiry webpage, if the five columns of preliminary examination announcement period number, preliminary examination announcement date, registration announcement period number, registration announcement date, and exclusive rights period are all blank, it means that the trademark has only been accepted for application and has not been approved. Preliminary review, but not yet approved for registration. If the aforementioned five columns and the trademark process column are all blank and "Trademark has expired" is displayed in the remarks column, it means that the trademark application was rejected during the preliminary review stage, and the rejection notice has been effective.
If the preliminary examination announcement period number and date information are displayed, but the three columns of registration announcement period number, registration announcement date, and exclusive rights period are blank, it means that although the trademark has been announced in the preliminary examination, it has not yet been approved for registration. . The reason may be that the preliminary announcement is less than 3 months old, or it may be that someone raised an objection within the objection period of 3 months after the preliminary announcement, and the objection ruling has not yet been made, or the objection ruling has not yet taken effect, or the effective ruling clarifies the objection. Establishment, trademark registration will not be approved. Among them, the trademark that is subject to opposition will display corresponding information in the trademark process column. You can click to open the "Inquiry Process" webpage to view the specific processing process, results and time. After the objection is established and the ruling that the trademark is not approved for registration comes into effect, the remark column will show that the trademark has expired.