Some customers say that they can submit their own trademarks for registration without going through our intellectual property rights? Regarding this question, whether trademark registration must go through an agency, it is actually wrong. There are two ways to register a trademark: 1. Entrust a nationally recognized trademark agency to handle it. 2. The applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office to apply. If the applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office, the applicant can follow the following steps: Inquiry before applying for trademark registration (not a required procedure)? Prepare application documents? Submit application documents at the acceptance window of the trademark registration hall? After printing Print the bar code at the registration window? Pay the trademark registration fee at the payment window? The Trademark Office will issue a "Notice of Acceptance" in about a month? Apply for trademark registration and make corrections (optional procedure) 4. Inquiry before application (optional procedure) One piece It takes approximately one and a half years from application to approval of trademark registration. If the trademark registration application is rejected, on the one hand, the trademark registration fee will be lost, and on the other hand, it will take about one and a half years to re-apply for a registered trademark, and it is still unknown whether the re-application will be approved for registration. Therefore, it is better for applicants to conduct a trademark search before applying for a registered trademark, understand the status of prior rights, and make a judgment based on the search results before submitting the application. If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the trademark registration application, the trademark agency will be responsible for the inquiry. You can consult online customer service for inquiries. 5. Preparation of trademark registration application documents (1) If applying for trademark registration in the name of a legal person or other organization, the following application documents should be submitted: 1. Trademark registration application stamped with the official seal of the applicant. 2. Five trademark drawings, which must be clear and have a length and width of not less than 5 cm and not greater than 10 cm. If color is specified, there will be 5 color drawings and a black and white ink drawing.