Buying a trademark is the most direct and quickest way to obtain a trademark, and it takes some procedures to successfully complete the transfer of a trademark.
The process of buying a trademark is:
1, choose the trademark;
2. sign a contract;
3. Trademark notarization;
4. Mail information and report it;
5. Issue certificates and complete the transaction.
The trademark transfer process is:
Application → Acceptance → Examination → Announcement → Issuance of Transfer Certificate.
FAQ: How much does it cost to buy a trademark?
Advantages of buying trademarks:
1, time comparison registered trademark
It takes 1 year to register a trademark (trademark examination efficiency table) (note: China Trademark Office does not specify the time for trademark registration, and the efficiency of trademark registration is directly related to the number of trademark applications in China, generally 1 year).
Trademark transfer takes about 6- 10 months.
It can be seen that trademark transfer can save time and cost. In this society where time is money and time is business opportunity, enterprises have an absolute time advantage in buying trademarks.
Comparison of success rate
Registered trademarks: According to the statistics of China Trademark Network, the official website of the State Trademark Office, the total number of trademark applications in China in 2005 was 593,382, while the actual registered trademark was 2 1873 1 piece, with a success rate of only about 37%. Although official website "China Trademark Network" of the State Trademark Office has made the trademark inquiry system public, there is still a blind inquiry period of 4-5 months. At the same time, trademarks have certain similarities, so registered trademarks are risky.
Trademark transfer: the risk is very small. The transferred trademark itself is a registered trademark approved by the State Trademark Office and has been recognized by the State Trademark Office. Therefore, there is no possibility that the State Trademark Office will reject the trademark approximately. To transfer a trademark, the transferor and the transferee only need to file with the State Trademark Office through an agency, and the transferee can get the trademark registration certificate and own the trademark.
Trademark purchase (transfer) form:
The forms of transfer of registered trademarks include contract transfer and inheritance transfer. Contract transfer refers to the transfer of a registered trademark between the transferor and the transferee by signing a transfer contract; Inheritance and transfer refer to the death or incapacity of individuals and legally registered individual industrial and commercial households, and their registered trademarks are inherited by legal heirs.
In practice, a large number of registered trademarks are transferred and registered through contracts. To transfer a registered trademark, certain procedures shall be performed according to law, and the transfer registration shall take effect only after it is approved by the Trademark Office. Transferring a registered trademark without going through the relevant formalities with the Trademark Office is an act of transferring a registered trademark by itself. According to the provisions of Article 44 of the Trademark Law, the registered trademark may be revoked if the circumstances are serious.
There are two ways to buy a registered trademark:
(1) The buyer and the seller entrust a nationally recognized trademark agency (such as intellectual property) to find and transfer trademarks;
(2) The buyer and the seller shall go directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office.
The above is about how to buy a trademark. What is the process of purchasing trademarks? The answer. If you have other intellectual property issues, please feel free to consult professional intellectual property consultants.
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