Domestic trademark registration application process

1. How to apply for registration:

Applicants can entrust a trademark agent with trademark agency qualifications recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Organize the processing; you can also go directly to the registration hall of the State Trademark Office to handle it. However, foreigners or foreign enterprises that do not have a regular residence or business place in China should entrust a trademark agency to handle the application for trademark registration in China.

2. Inquiry before applying for registration:

Trademark inquiry is not a required procedure for trademark registration (following the principle of voluntary inquiry), but conducting inquiry can greatly reduce the risks of trademark registration. Inquiry The result cannot be used as a legal basis and has no legal effect.

3. Application principles:

1. Determination of application date: China adopts the first-to-file principle. The date on which the Trademark Office receives the application shall prevail.

2. China adopts the principle of one trademark, one application, one category. And it is based on 10 small products; for each additional product, an additional 100RMB will be charged.

IV. Information required for application:

1. Application form (stamped with the official seal of the entrusting party)

2. Letter of attorney (stamped with the entrusting party’s official seal) Official seal)

3. To apply in the name of a company, a copy of the company's business license is required; in the name of an individual, a copy of the individual's ID card is required.

4. The trademark pattern and color must be specified.

5. Inquiry fee:

Chinese, English, graphics: (internal inquiry is free)

6. Payment method:

Confirm When submitting inquiries and applications, pay the state fees and our agency fees.

7. Lilin Services:

1. It will take about four months to notify you to receive the "Notice of Acceptance"

2. It will take about ten months since the application Inform us of your trademark registration status.

3. Notify you of the trademark preliminary announcement period approximately eighteen months after application (the announcement period is 3 months), which is the opposition period.

4. You will be notified to collect the certificate about one month after the announcement of self-examination.

8. Application time:

If everything goes well, the time to collect the certificate will be approximately Around twenty to twenty-five months.