The reason why many businesses or individuals register trademarks in Hong Kong is to expand their domestic products in Hong Kong and obtain corresponding legal protection. What we want to introduce about intellectual property this time is that before registering a Hong Kong trademark, the steps we need to take are to check whether the applicant’s trademark application has similar or identical searches in Hong Kong.

1. Hong Kong trademark search is a very professional job, but it is not a necessary procedure for trademark registration application. Applicants for trademark registration can entrust an agent from a trademark agency to make inquiries on their behalf, so that they can get more accurate results and get better suggestions for trademark registration.

2. To inquire about Hong Kong trademark registration, the applicant can also entrust the public institution of the Trademark Office of the country where it is located to report to the Trademark Affairs Center for inquiry. The results of this inquiry are also relatively accurate.

3. When querying Hong Kong trademark registration, the analysis of the trademark refers to whether the applicant for trademark registration or the agent of the agency submits the registration application, whether the applied trademark violates Hong Kong laws and regulations. The local "Trademark Law" stipulates the provisions prohibiting the registration application of trademarks or the provisions prohibiting the use as trademarks.

Inquiring about Hong Kong trademark application registration status is not a necessary procedure for trademark application registration, and it does not include prior rights information under review. The results obtained have no legal effect and should only be regarded as For reference, the approval or rejection of the application by the local Trademark Office in Hong Kong is not based on this.

After conducting a trademark search, if it is confirmed that the applied trademarks are not similar, then the Hong Kong trademark registration process can be started. The Hong Kong trademark registration process is as follows:

1. Preparation before application : Prepare the documents required to apply for a Hong Kong trademark. These application documents include: trademark application form, trademark drawing for registration application, identity document of the trademark applicant, supporting documents for payment of fees, etc. The documents required for these applications must be in Chinese or Portuguese. If they are in a language other than Chinese or Portuguese, a translated version must be submitted that has been translated by a translation agency.

3. Submit application: The trademark applicant or his authorized agent shall submit the prepared application documents to the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department to handle the trademark registration application procedures.

4. Formal review: After confirming receipt of the application documents, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department will issue an acceptance notice to the applicant and conduct a formal review of the trademark application for registration.

5. Substantive examination: During the formal examination process, if it is confirmed that there are no problems, then the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department will send an examiner to conduct a deeper examination of the trademark application for registration. This examination process is called a substantive examination.

6. Announcement: During the substantive examination process, if the examiner rejects the trademark registration application without any reason, the examination results of the registered trademark will be announced on the official platform of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department.

7. Approval for registration: If no one raises any objection to the trademark application for registration before the expiration of the announcement period or the objection is resolved, then the trademark application for registration will be approved for registration by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department. and issue a notice.

8. Issuing a "Trademark Registration Certificate": After the applicant receives the notification of approval of registration from the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department will issue a "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the applicant in the following days. 》.

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