The materials required to register a trademark in Japan mainly include:

1. Information of the trademark applicant.

the trademark applicant can be a legal person or a natural person, the legal person needs to submit a copy of the business license, and the natural person needs to submit a copy of the ID card or passport. At the same time, you need to fill in the applicant form, including the name, address and nationality of the applicant.

2. Information about the trademark itself.

include the Chinese (foreign) name of the trademark, a clear trademark pattern (color is required for colored trademarks), and the category of goods or services used by the trademark.

after preparing the above materials, you can submit the application materials for trademark registration to the Japanese trademark registration administration department (Japan Patent Office) and enter the Japanese trademark registration process.

It should be noted, however, that the Japanese Patent Office does not provide free trademark search during the trademark application process, so it is best to conduct trademark search before the trademark application procedure.

1) Submit the application

When the trademark application materials are prepared and the Japanese trademark registration application form is filled out as required, the form and trademark application materials can be sorted out and submitted to the Japanese Patent Office for preliminary examination.

2) preliminary examination

the preliminary examination of a Japanese trademark is mainly to examine whether the application for the trademark meets the requirements of the Japanese trademark regulations and whether there is any duplication or similarity with the existing trademark. It can also be understood as the compliance inspection of trademark application.

3) Trademark publicity

When the intended Japanese trademark passes the preliminary examination, it can enter the trademark publicity stage after typesetting and printing. Like trademark applications in other countries and regions in the world, the publicity stage is to announce the trademark to the public to confirm that it has not infringed on the rights and interests of any existing trademark or its holder. When there is no objection in the publicity stage, the probability of obtaining a formal trademark certificate for the application will greatly increase.

4) Obtain a certificate

When no objection is raised to the applied Japanese trademark during the publicity period, the Japanese Patent Office will formally approve the trademark as a registered trademark and issue a Japanese trademark registration certificate to the trademark applicant to show that the trademark is officially protected by law.

Time and process:

1. Acceptance time: 3-4 weeks.

2. Time required for registration: 8-12 months if successful.

3. review procedure: application-acceptance-review-approval-issuance-announcement (objection).

4. Announcement period: 2 months.

5. Time limit for reply: 3 months.

6. Registration limitation: 1 years from the date of registration.