Applying for trademark registration in Taiwan Province Province includes the following procedures: 1. Inquiries before application Before applying for trademark registration, the applicant may consider searching the applied trademarks to see whether the same or similar trademarks have been applied for/registered on the same or similar goods/services. Usually you can get the query results in 3-4 working days. 2. Submit an application for trademark registration. If the query results show that there is no prior identical or similar trademark on similar goods or services, the applicant may file an application. According to the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration (also called "Nice Classification"), goods and services are divided into 45 categories. 3. Examination After receiving the application for trademark registration, the Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan Province Province will conduct formal examination and substantive examination on the trademark application to determine whether the application documents submitted are complete, whether the trademark applied for is remarkable, whether it violates the relevant prohibition provisions of the Trademark Law and whether it is the same as or similar to the trademark previously applied for or registered by others on the same or similar goods. If it fails to meet the registration requirements after examination, the trademark application shall be rejected. If the applicant refuses to accept the ruling of the trademark registration authority, he may make a request according to law within 30 days from the date of service of the notice of approval. 4. Announcement and Objection After examination, the examiner thinks that the trademark application is acceptable, and then makes an announcement on the official trademark announcement of Taiwan Province Province. Three months from the date of announcement is the objection period. During the objection period, anyone can object to the trademark application. The applicant can reply to the objection. The examiner will rule on the result of the objection. 5. Registration If there is no objection to the trademark application within three months after the announcement, the trademark will be approved for registration. The period of validity of trademark registration is 10 year, counting from the date of registration. The trademark registrant shall go through the renewal formalities within six months before the expiration of the trademark. The renewal period is 10 year. After the registration of a trademark, the trademark registrant shall use the registered trademark of Taiwan Province Province.