People's initial impression of tobacco is that it is a raw material for making cigarettes, so tobacco is regarded as a harmful article in most cases, but as a raw material, the whole plant can also be made into pesticides. When used as medicine, it can be used as anesthesia, sweating, sedation and emetic. The scope of application is also very wide, and we can understand the category of tobacco trademarks in this way.

According to the query in Bajie Intellectual Property Trademark Encyclopedia, the category of tobacco trademark belongs to the 34th category -341- Tobacco and its products. There is nothing controversial about this, because this kind of description is only tobacco; Smoking set; Matches, etc., so the category of tobacco can easily be determined as this category.

For enterprises operating in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong is located in the south of China and enjoys a superior geographical position, they can also be transported abroad after building enterprises there, thus speeding up the timeliness. Because of the relationship between one country, two systems, what is the difference between Hong Kong's trademark registration and the mainland's, or almost the same? Next, let's take a look.

To register a trademark in Hong Kong, you still need to inquire about the trademark first, which is the preparation that should be made before registration in any region. Later, you can collect relevant information and apply to the relevant departments for trademark registration. As an application, a natural person or legal person needs to follow the trademark pattern in words, patterns and so on. Strict protection measures should be taken for commodity names or lists; In the selection of colors, black and white colors with undetermined colors are usually selected.

in the process of trademark registration, the registrant needs to provide the trademark pattern to be applied for registration and its category, and conduct a directory search; Fill in the application for trademark registration, and submit the official pattern of the trademark and the relevant information of the applicant to the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department for application; Relevant government departments will check whether it is similar to the existing trademark, which usually takes about one week;

The following is the receipt of trademark acceptance issued by the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong, which will take about 2 weeks; Followed by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department to review the trademark; Gazette announcement, the publicity time is 3 months; After the examination and approval procedure is completed and the trademark certificate is obtained, the Hong Kong trademark application is successful.

In addition, it must be noted that Hong Kong trademark has priority. If an applicant has submitted an application for registration of the trademark in a Paris Convention country or a WTO member country for the same goods or services within six months before submitting an application for trademark in Hong Kong, he can enjoy the priority of trademark registration in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong trademarks are valid for 1 years from the date of application, and they need to be renewed upon expiration. The renewal period is 6 months, with a grace period of 6 months and a recovery period of 6 months. The required materials include a copy of the main certification document of the Hong Kong trademark applicant; Power of attorney for trademark agency; Application for trademark renewal; Copy of Hong Kong trademark registration certificate.

That's all about trademark registration in Hong Kong, first of all, trademark registration, followed by a renewal of the trademark after the trademark hypothesis is approved. It is indeed very similar, which shows that the views are similar in terms of intellectual property law.