1. Choose the queue-determine the industry of the goods or services to be registered
First, you should know which industry your goods (services) belong to. If you want to open a noodle shop, you should know that you belong to the service industry, and the service classification is between 35 and 45 categories. This is actually very easy to identify. First, determine whether the registered trademark is a commodity or a service. In the Table of Differences between Similar Goods and Services, 1-34 categories are commodity classification, and 35-45 categories are service classification. If you want to sell clothes and register a clothing product, you need to choose a category from 1 to 34. Then the first step is done, confirm the attributes of the goods, and then stand in line.
2. preconceptions-determine the core category and then select the subcategory
when you determine whether your registered goods belong to services or commodities, then do subtraction and then screen the core category of commodities (services). How to choose the core category? This is actually very simple, that is, the category that best matches the goods (services).
3. Take precautions-choose the relevant category of goods (services)
I must have heard this saying, and the trademark of so-and-so has been squatted. Yes, if there is no awareness of trademark protection, trademarks can easily be registered by others, so when registering trademarks, relevant categories of trademarks should also be registered, and many large enterprises even register all 45 categories. But it is not necessary for small businesses or individuals, so it is necessary to register related categories.
4. The last line of defense-inquiring whether the trademark is registered
This paper analyzes how to choose the trademark categories, but it is still unclear whether these categories are registered. Therefore, before registering a trademark, it is necessary to conduct a trademark inquiry on the locked categories one by one. It is necessary to inquire whether there are identical, similar and significant problems in trademarks in order to improve the success rate of trademark registration.
Legal basis:
Article 18 of the Trademark Law
When foreigners and foreign enterprises apply for registered trademarks and handle other trademark matters in China, they shall entrust an organization recognized by the state with the qualification of trademark agency.
However, it should be noted that if foreigners and foreign enterprises have their habitual residence and business premises in China, they can apply for trademarks by themselves without entrusting an agency.