It is necessary to issue a payment notice after the acceptance notice is issued. Just pay attention to the trademark system in a timely manner.

Trademark registration takes about 1 year. After the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will accept it in about 15 days and enter the substantive review, which takes about 6 months.

Afterwards, there will be a preliminary review announcement, which lasts for 3 months. If no one files an objection application during the announcement period, an approval registration announcement will be issued. At this time, the trademark exclusive right will start to be valid for 10 years.

The normal procedure is currently about 12 months to receive the registration approval notice or rejection (partial) notice.

If a trademark application is rejected and a reexamination is filed, complex trademark cases will take about 2 years to get a result, while simple cases will get a result in 6-12 months.

Legal Basis

"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 4: Natural persons, legal persons or other organizations shall, in the course of production and business activities, If it is necessary to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for its goods or services, it must apply for trademark registration with the Trademark Office. Bad-faith trademark registration applications that are not intended for use shall be rejected.

The provisions of this Law regarding commodity trademarks shall apply to service trademarks. Article 2 The Trademark Office of the Administration for Industry and Commerce of the State Council is responsible for the registration and management of trademarks nationwide.

The Administration for Industry and Commerce of the State Council has established a Trademark Review and Adjudication Committee to handle trademark disputes. Article 3 Trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office are registered trademarks, including commodity trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks, and certification marks; trademark registrants enjoy exclusive rights to trademarks and are protected by law.

The term "collective trademark" as mentioned in this Law refers to a mark registered in the name of a group, association or other organization for use by members of the organization in commercial activities to indicate the user's membership in the organization.

The term "certification trademark" as used in this Law means that it is controlled by an organization with the ability to supervise certain goods or services and is used by units or individuals other than the organization to certify the goods or services. The origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other signs of specific quality of the goods or services.

Special matters concerning the registration and management of collective trademarks and certification marks shall be stipulated by the industrial and commercial administration department of the State Council.