Instructions for trademark registration are as follows:

1. Only individuals or groups meeting the following conditions can file trademark applications in China

Trademark registration applicants Must be: a legally established enterprise, public institution, social group, individual businessperson, individual partnership, or a foreigner or foreign enterprise from a country that has signed an agreement with China or participated in international treaties with the Chinese Communist Party or based on the principle of reciprocity.

When you meet the above conditions and need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, you must submit a trademark registration application to the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis (from November 1, 2001, the China Trademark Office began to accept applications for trademark registration by natural persons, but since Starting from February 28, 2007, the Trademark Office no longer accepts pure trademark registration applications from natural persons in China. Natural persons in China who apply for a trademark must hold an individual industrial and commercial business license).

2. File an application according to the classification of goods and services

China’s Trademark Law implements the International Classification of Goods, which divides more than 10,000 kinds of goods and services into 45 categories. When applying for trademark registration, the category of goods or services for which the trademark is used should be determined according to the classification of the Goods and Services Classification Table. If the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, he should apply for registration in different categories according to the classification of goods. This can avoid unfair expansion of the scope of application of trademark rights, and is also conducive to the approval of examiners and the protection of exclusive rights to the trademark.

3. Determination of the trademark application date

It is very important to establish the application date. Since China’s trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once the application date occurs, it will become the legal basis for determining trademark rights. , the application date for trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents (the minimum unit of date is 'day').