Article 1. When enterprises, institutions and individual industrial and commercial individuals apply for trademark registration, change, transfer, cancellation, re-certification, renewal and other matters, a two-level verification and transfer system shall be implemented, that is, at the county level where the applicant is located The Administration for Industry and Commerce will submit the application documents to the provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, which will forward the application documents to the Trademark Office. With the consent of the provincial industrial and commercial administration bureaus, the industrial and commercial administrative bureaus of cities under separate planning and provincial municipalities can accept applications submitted by the county-level industrial and commercial administrative bureaus and forward them to the Trademark Office.
The "Trademark Registration Certificate" issued by the Trademark Office is forwarded by the provincial industrial and commercial administration bureau. Trademark fees are settled between the Trademark Office and the provincial industrial and commercial administration bureaus. Article 2 The provincial (municipal) and county-level industrial and commercial administration bureaus where the applicant is located shall carefully review the application documents. Anyone who commits any of the following acts will not be accepted:
(1) The application documents and filled-in items are incomplete, or the handwriting is unclear or the writing is irregular;
(2) The text of the trademark applied for registration is inaccurate;
(3) The trademark drawing does not meet the specifications or quantity requirements;
(4) Fill in two or more words in one application More than one trademark;
(5) Submit two or more trademark designs in one application;
(6) The trademark applied for registration specifies a color, Failure to submit the black and white ink draft or the colored trademark pattern is inconsistent with the black and white ink draft;
(7) The reported product name is inaccurate;
(8) In one application Filling in two or more categories of goods;
(9) The reported product categories are obviously inaccurate or there are no additional explanations for some products whose categories are difficult to determine at the moment;
(10) The applicant's name is inconsistent with the stamp on the application document and the name approved on the "Business License";
(11) The "Business License" number reported is inconsistent with the "Business License";
(12) The applicant’s address or the economic nature of the enterprise is unclear;
(13) Application for change of registrant’s name, address, transfer, cancellation, or renewal will not be returned. Trademark Registration Certificate";
(14) Using an application that has been rejected by the Trademark Office and marked with the word "rejected";
(15) Failure to submit the application to change the name of the registrant Relevant certificates;
(16) Failure to indicate the reason for applying for a supplementary certificate;
(17) Failure to submit the application for registration of a drug trademark issued by the provincial health department (bureau) "Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Enterprise License" or "Pharmaceutical Business Enterprise License";
(18) When applying for registration of cigarette or cigar trademarks, documents proving the approval of the production of cigarettes and cigars by the national competent department are not submitted;
(19) The trademark applied for registration obviously violates the provisions of Article 8 (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Trademark Law;
(20) Failure to pay the prescribed fees. Article 3 The county-level industrial and commercial administration bureau shall sign an opinion on the application documents that meet the verification transfer requirements, indicate the date of verification, and stamp the verification seal. If approved by the provincial-level industrial and commercial administration bureau, the direct fee shall be stamped with a fee. The special seal will be transferred to the provincial (municipal) level industrial and commercial administration bureau within five days. Article 4 The provincial (municipal)-level industrial and commercial administration bureau shall, in addition to carefully reviewing the application documents transferred from the county-level industrial and commercial administrative bureau in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, also inquire about the trademark applied for registration in the province ( City), whether it is the same trademark that has been registered or previously applied for by others on the same product. Article 5: Provincial (municipal)-level industrial and commercial administration bureaus shall attach a note explaining the application documents transferred from the county-level industrial and commercial administrative bureaus that do not meet the transfer requirements and return them to the county-level industrial and commercial administrative bureaus within seven days.
After receiving the returned application, the county-level industrial and commercial administration bureau shall notify the applicant within five days. Article 6 The provincial (municipal) level industrial and commercial administration bureau shall sign an opinion, indicate the date of verification and transfer, and stamp the verification transfer seal on the application documents that meet the verification and transfer requirements. Please fill in the special stamp for charging fees, fill in the review card, approval receipt and transfer list, and transfer it to the Trademark Office within seven days. The municipal administrative bureau for industry and commerce shall also send copies of the application documents and the verification list to the provincial administrative bureau for industry and commerce for review.
Article 7 The provincial (municipal) level industrial and commercial administration bureaus shall summarize the verification and transfer status of trademark registration, changes, transfers, cancellations, re-certifications, renewals and other matters in the areas under their jurisdiction once every quarter, and report them within the first 15 days of the next quarter. Report to the Trademark Office within days. Article 8 The provincial administration for industry and commerce shall inspect the Trademark Registration Certificate and Trademark Issuance List issued by the Trademark Office one by one, properly keep the list, and forward the Trademark Registration Certificate to the county where the trademark registrant is located within ten days. Level industrial and commercial administration bureau. The Trademark Registration Certificate containing errors or omissions shall be returned to the Trademark Office within fifteen days.
After receiving the "Trademark Registration Certificate", the county-level industrial and commercial administration bureau shall forward the "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the trademark registrant within seven days. Article 9 The provincial industrial and commercial administration bureaus shall settle the trademark fees collected during verification and transfer in the areas under their jurisdiction once a quarter, based on the trademark issuance list listed by the Trademark Office, and remit 70% of the fees to the Trademark Office. .