1. Processing method:
There are two ways to apply for trademark registration or handle other trademark matters: one is to go to the registration hall of the Trademark Office (the address is in Beijing); the other is to go to the Trademark Office registration hall in person (the address is in Beijing); The first way is to entrust an agency registered with the Trademark Office. To apply for registration by yourself, you need to familiarize yourself with the process and review rules from scratch, which is a waste of time and you don’t know for sure. The agency has already handled many trademarks. Where are the pitfalls? You have a good idea of ??whether you can pass the review. The risk lies in Where, so that applicants can feel confident.
2. Trademark registration process:
1. Similar query
Conduct a similarity query on the trademark that the customer is about to submit to see if it meets the trademark review specifications. , give suggestions if they do not meet the requirements, and the customer can make changes. This link is designed to improve the pass rate of trademark registration. For trademark registration, time is money. Article 31 of my country’s Trademark Law stipulates that two or more trademark registration applicants apply for registration of the same or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods. , preliminarily examine and announce the trademark that was applied for first. Whoever applies first gets the upper hand.
2. Submit an application to the Trademark Office
Submit a trademark application, business license, trademark drawing, trademark category and other materials.
Individuals applying for trademark registration must submit the following materials:
(1). A copy of the individual business license;
(2). A copy of the operator’s ID card File;
(3). Trademark pattern
(4). Product/service type
Enterprises need to submit the following materials for trademark registration:
(1). Copy of business license
(2). Trademark pattern
(3). Product/service category
Trademark The carrier must be a product or service. There are 45 major categories. Categories 1-34 are goods, and categories 35-45 are services. Each major category is divided into subcategories. When you find an agency, the agent will explain it clearly to you. Individual industrial and commercial households can only choose product/service categories within their business scope, while enterprises are not subject to category restrictions.
3. Formal review
The main review contents in this link include: review of application documents (whether the documents are complete, whether the filling is standardized, whether signatures/seals are missing), and the specifications of the trademark drawings , review of clear procedures and necessary instructions, and classification review (review of reported goods/services). After formal review, if the application procedures are complete and the application documents are filled in in accordance with regulations, the Trademark Office will issue an acceptance notice.
If the application procedures are incomplete or the application documents are not filled in as required, a notice of rejection will be issued and returned, and the application date will not be retained.
If the application procedures are basically complete or the application documents basically comply with the regulations, but if supplements and corrections are needed, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of supplements and corrections to the trademark registration application. If the applicant makes corrections within the time limit and returns it to the Trademark Office, the application date will be retained; if the applicant fails to make corrections or makes corrections beyond the time limit, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of rejection and return it, and the application date will not be retained.
4. Substantive examination
Any trademark application that complies with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law will be initially reviewed and approved by the Trademark Office and announced.
If the application is rejected, a rejection notice will be issued to the applicant.
If the Trademark Office believes that the contents of the trademark registration application can be revised, it will issue an examination opinion. If the applicant responds within the time limit, the Trademark Office will continue the examination.
5. Trademark Announcement
For trademarks that have been preliminarily approved after review, the China Trademark Office will announce them in the "Trademark Announcement".
Within three months from the date of announcement, anyone may object to a trademark initially approved by the China Trademark Office. If the objection is determined to be valid, the registration will not be approved.
6. Issuance of certificate
If there is no objection or the objection is ruled untenable within three months from the date of announcement, the China Trademark Office will approve the registration and issue a trademark registration certificate, and It will be announced in the Trademark Announcement.
3. How long does it take to get the "Trademark Registration Certificate"
Generally speaking, it takes about a year to register a trademark
Trademark registration process and time : Trademark inquiry (within 1 day) → Application document preparation (within 1 day) → Submit application (within 1 day) → Pay trademark registration fees → Trademark formal review (1 month) → Issuance of trademark acceptance notice → Trademark substantive review (6- 8 months)→Trademark announcement (3 months)→Issuance of trademark certificate.