The application for category 36 financial trademarks focuses on graphics or graphics, but most of the commonly used graphics are similar, and graphics, characters and pinyin are examined separately, that is, any problems will be rejected. It is suggested that graphics and text should be applied separately.
As long as they are not the same or similar, the registration of financial trademarks is the same as that of other types of trademarks, and there is no special restriction on the corresponding business scope of enterprises.
Trademark registration process:
1. Trademark inquiry and data submission before trademark registration: about 6 working days.
Inquiring whether trademarks are the same or similar is an essential link before applying for trademark registration. However, many people will ask: check the trademark and prepare the information. It will take about six days? First of all, it should be noted that trademark inquiry is to avoid being similar or even identical to others or registered trademarks. If this happens to the trademark applied by the applicant during the inquiry, the applicant needs to modify his own trademark. The time spent naturally increases. Therefore, it takes about 6 days for both trademark inquiry and data submission.
2. Notice of acceptance: 2-4 months.
It takes about 2-4 months for the Trademark Office to issue an acceptance notice. The receipt of the notice indicates that the trademark has entered the examination stage. It just means that the Trademark Office has accepted your application, not that the trademark registration is successful, and then the relevant audit will be carried out. At this point, the trademark cannot be used at will.
3. Review period: 9 months.
The Trademark Law stipulates that the trademark examination period is nine months, but China National Intellectual Property Administration said that he hopes to shorten the examination period to six months before the end of this year. It has been shortened to seven months. The audit cycle is to check the applicant's application materials and contents to see if they meet the audit conditions. At the same time, it will also examine whether the registered trademarks applied for are the same or similar. If it does not meet the appeal conditions, the application will be rejected, and if it does, it will naturally enter the next procedure.
4. Announcement period: 3 months.
The preliminary examination and approval of a trademark shall last for three months from the date of the announcement of the preliminary examination and approval. During the announcement period, if an enterprise or individual raises an objection, it is necessary to conduct trademark objection defense and other links.
5. Obtain a trademark registration certificate.
If no unit or individual raises any objection during the announcement period, the Trademark Office will approve the trademark registration after the announcement period. It still takes a short time from issuing certificates to obtaining them, but compared with the previous links.