Trademark registration process 1: trademark registration preparation
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Inquiries before trademark registration:
Before filing an application for registration, the applicant for trademark registration or his agent may inquire whether the right trademark has the same or similar trademark. Trademark registration inquiry is not a necessary procedure for trademark registration, but this work can greatly reduce the risk of trademark registration and improve the certainty of trademark registration.
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Preparation of application materials for trademark registration:
(1) When the company applies for registration as an applicant, it is required to produce a copy of the business license of the enterprise and provide a copy of the business license signed by the issuing authority. A complete application for trademark registration, stamped with the official seal of the unit and personal signature.
(2) 10 trademark pattern (for color trademarks with specified colors, 10 color pattern and 1 black and white ink draft shall be submitted). The provided trademark pattern must be clear and easy to stick, and replaced by bright and durable paper or photos, with the length and width not exceeding 10 cm and not less than 5 cm. If the direction of the trademark pattern is not clear, it should be indicated by an arrow. You can also use the prepared electronic format as the application materials.
(3) Prepare the corresponding trademark registration fee: registered trademark fee: 1000 yuan +700 to 1000 yuan or so of trademark agency fee.
Trademark registration process 2: apply for trademark registration.
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Requirements for trademark registration applicants:
Applicants for trademark registration must be: enterprises, institutions, social organizations, individual industrialists and businessmen, individual partnerships, foreigners, foreign enterprises in countries that have signed agreements with China or participated in international treaties, or enterprises that are handled in accordance with the principle of reciprocity. Where it is necessary to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, an application for trademark registration shall be filed with the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis.
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Apply for trademark registration according to the classification of goods and services:
At present, China's trademark law implements the international classification of goods, which divides 1 10,000 kinds of goods and services into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and1/services. When applying for trademark registration, the categories of goods or services using the trademark shall be determined according to the Classification Table of Goods and Services. If the same applicant uses the same trademark on different kinds of goods, he should apply for registration according to the classification of goods, which can avoid improperly expanding the application scope of trademark rights and is also conducive to the examination and approval of examiners and the protection of trademark exclusive rights.
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Determination of the date of application for trademark registration;
Trademark registration in China adopts the principle of applying first. Once the application date becomes the legal basis for determining the trademark right, the application date for trademark registration shall be based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents.
Trademark Registration Process 3: Trademark Review
Examination by the competent trademark registration authority on whether the application for trademark registration complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law.
Trademark Registration Process 4: Announcement of Preliminary Examination
If the application for trademark registration meets the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after examination, registration shall be granted. And make an announcement in the trademark announcement. If no objection is raised within three months from the date of the announcement of preliminary examination and approval, the trademark shall be registered and a registration announcement shall be issued at the same time.
Trademark Registration Process 5: Registration Announcement
After examination by the Trademark Office, the applicant for trademark registration shall issue a preliminary examination and approval announcement. If no objection is raised within three months or the objection is ruled invalid, the trademark will take effect and be protected by law, and the trademark registrant will enjoy the exclusive right to use the trademark.
Trademark registration takes about one year to one and a half years. The period of validity of a registered trademark is ten years, counting from the date of approval of registration. Where it is necessary to continue to use a registered trademark after its expiration, it may apply for renewal of registration.
Trademark registration process 6: Obtain a trademark registration certificate.
Through the agent, the agent sends the trademark registration certificate to the trademark registrant.
Where a trademark is directly registered, the trademark registrant shall collect it from the Trademark Office within three months after receiving the Notice of Obtaining a Trademark Registration Certificate, and shall also bring:
(1) Letter of introduction for obtaining the trademark registration certificate;
(2) The ID card and photocopy of the witness;
(3) The original business license shall be stamped with the seal of the local industrial and commercial department;
(4) Notice of obtaining the trademark registration certificate;
(5) Where the name of a trademark registrant changes, a certificate of change issued by the working department shall be attached.