If an individual wants to register a trademark, you may know that a series of trademark registration procedures are required. Is the registration fee for this trademark expensive? The editor has brought you the relevant information of "Personal Registered Trademark" Knowledge may be what you need. How do individuals apply for trademark registration?
Application methods:
1. You can go to the Trademark Office Registration Hall (Beijing) in person to apply for it.
2. You can entrust a trademark Handled by agency.
Application fee:
A 1,000 yuan official fee needs to be paid to the Trademark Office; if an agency is entrusted to handle the application, an agency fee of about 600--800 yuan needs to be paid to the agency.
Information required for application:
1. A drawing of the trademark is required;
2. The scope of goods or services to be used for the registered trademark;
3. Identity documents: A. For company applications: a copy of the company's business license is required; B. For individual applications: a copy of the individual industrial and commercial household's business license and personal ID card are required. What should individuals pay attention to when applying for trademark registration?
1. First search for the trademark. If there is no identical or similar one before, you can prepare application documents and submit the application;
2. Apply About one month after submission, the Trademark Office will issue you an application acceptance notice within ten working days (this period is called the formal review stage).
3. After the formal review is completed, it will enter the substantive review stage, which will take about one year.
4. If the substantive examination is passed, the announcement process will be entered (this period is 3 months, also called the objection period);
5. After the announcement period expires, no one raises objections . You can get the registration certificate. Conditions that an individual applies for registration of a trademark
(1) The trademark applied for registration must have constituent elements;
(2) The trademark applied for registration must be distinctive;
(3) The trademark applied for registration shall not use signs prohibited by law.
(4) The trademark applied for registration shall not be identical or similar to the trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by others for the same or similar goods or services.
(5) The trademark applied for registration shall not be identical or similar to a registered trademark that has been revoked or canceled for less than one year. What are the requirements for personal registered trademarks
(1) The trademark should have distinctive features, be easy to identify, and must not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others.
(2) Only the common name, graphics, model number of the product, or only a direct representation of the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity and other characteristics of the product shall not be registered as a trademark, but If it has acquired distinctive features through use and is easy to identify, it can be registered as a trademark.
(3) Place names of administrative divisions at or above the county level or foreign place names known to the public shall not be used as trademarks. However, exceptions are made where place names have other meanings or are part of collective trademarks or certification marks; registered trademarks using place names will continue to be valid. What conditions should a good personal trademark have?
A good trademark should at least meet the following five conditions:
1. Obvious marking. The trademark should be simple and distinctive, and should be significantly different from other registered trademarks so that people can understand it at a glance and remember it. Do not deliberately imitate or allude to the names or graphics of others, especially well-known trademarks, and try to avoid choosing flowers, birds, fish, insects, pavilions, famous mountains and rivers that people have long used in "botanical gardens", "zoos" or "building complexes". etc., and which narratives are stronger and have actual meaning? Weak trademarks?.
2. Wide adaptability. The name or graphic of a trademark must adapt to the trademark laws of various countries, consumer psychology, languages, customs, and religious beliefs of various ethnic groups; it must also adapt to various occasions (such as packaging and decoration, various advertising media, amplification, Used in reduction, hollow, three-dimensional), etc. If a trademark is acceptable when used normally, but when it is used in a smaller size for some reason, due to the imbalance in the size of the trademark pattern, the original small characters are reduced to a blurry thin line that is unrecognizable. This kind of trademark cannot be called a trademark. For a good trademark.
3. Ingenious symbolism. Trademarks cannot directly represent the quality, main raw materials, functions, uses and other characteristics of the goods, nor can they be exaggerated or deceptive. However, trademarks cannot be far away from the fundamental attributes of the goods.
Therefore, a good brand name should be rich in profound connotations and meanings, and be cleverly symbolic, such as "Hui Alai" brand sneakers, "Bailing" brand electronic keyboard, "Mitsubishi" brand automobiles, etc.
4. High degree of artistry. The shape of the trademark must be beautiful, novel and attractive, and have a unique artistic style, so that consumers can enjoy artistic beauty and make the goods marked with the trademark a good target for purchase.
5. Convenience of publicity. As the saying goes: "Good wine also depends on shouting". Therefore, in addition to the above requirements, a good trademark should also be easy to call, easy to write, and easy to combine with clever language as the main sentence of advertising for advertising, such as "Golden Eagle" Tub, Tub Elite?, etc. It can be seen from this that wild cursive Chinese characters are not convenient for writing and memorization, and separate graphics are not convenient for calling and advertising, so they are not suitable for use as a trademark alone. What are the transfer procedures for individual registered trademarks
(1) Trademark transfer procedures: acceptance? review? announcement? issuance of transfer certificate.
(2) Documents required for trademark transfer:
(1) "Transfer Application/Registered Trademark Application";
(2) Transferor and Transferee The identity document (copy) of the transferee;
(3) If the agent is entrusted, submit the "Agency Letter" issued by the transferee; if it is handled directly in the acceptance hall, submit the "Authorization Letter" issued by the transferee's manager. Original and copy of ID card;
(4) If applying for transfer, relevant supporting documents should also be submitted;
(5) If the application documents are in a foreign language, translated documents should also be provided Chinese translation confirmed by the institution’s signature and seal.
(3) Trademark transfer time: It takes about 6-10 months.
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