If Qingdao trademarks want to be protected by law when used, they must register trademarks in the market. To register a trademark, you must submit the trademark you prepared to the Trademark Office for approval. Only after approval is obtained , only then can the trademark be protected by law and have legal effect. When the enterprise develops to a certain level, it can be registered in all categories and fully protected.
With the development of enterprises and the passage of time, the number of people registering trademarks has gradually increased, making the approval of the Trademark Office more and more strict, and many trademarks have been rejected during review. Faced with such a situation, what are the uncertain factors that companies should pay attention to?
The first thing I will talk about is the trademark search, which is a necessary step before registration. Although there is no express provision to search when registering, in order to increase the probability of successful enterprise registration approval, it is necessary to conduct a search before trademark registration. It's just necessary. However, when registering a trademark, there is a registration blind period. At this time, even if there are similar trademarks, it is impossible to detect them. The only way is to prepare multiple trademarks in the later stage and conduct multiple searches.
Trademark review during registration is subject to manual review, so subjectivity is unavoidable. Each examiner has different views on the world and values, so the regulations on the degree of similarity of the same trademark are also different. Since it is a stipulated review by the examiner, it has already acquiesced in such a situation, so enterprises should also pay attention to this.
There is also the risk of the trademark itself. If the elements include signs that cannot be registered as trademarks, they will be directly rejected by the Trademark Office. This is an avoidable method, so companies should always pay attention to this. factor. As well as objections during the announcement period, because it is an announcement for the public, this is also a difficulty faced by enterprises in trademark registration.
In general, the common uncertainties faced by trademark registration are the above. Some of these are unavoidable, but some are avoidable. Enterprises must be familiar with the contents of trademark law. Registering a trademark in accordance with legal provisions will reduce the difficulties faced.