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What conditions should a trademark applying for registration meet?
There are two conditions for applying for trademark registration.

First, the conditions that an applicant for a registered trademark must meet,

The other is the conditions that the applicant needs to meet when applying for a registered trademark. China implements the principle of voluntary trademark registration, and the application for trademark registration must be submitted by the applicant to the Trademark Office. The applicant for trademark registration shall be an enterprise legal person, individual industrial and commercial households, rural contracted households, or other natural persons authorized to engage in business activities according to law.

In addition, if it does not meet the qualification requirements of the subject of trademark registration application, the Trademark Office will not accept its registration application. The applied trademark must meet the following conditions: 1) The constituent elements of the trademark must meet the requirements, that is, it consists of "words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds." As stipulated in the Trademark Law.

The basic function of a trademark is identification, so a trademark composed of the above elements must have its own distinctive features and cannot be confused with other trademarks.

Legal basis: Article 9 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall apply for registration of a trademark with distinctive features and easy identification, and shall not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. Trademark registrants have the right to indicate "registered trademarks" or registration marks.