There are many reasons for failure, such as modifying the description of goods or services, demanding to give up the exclusive right to use unregistered parts of trademarks, demanding to declare whether trademarks have any significance in foreign languages or related trades or industries, and demanding to submit practical labels. , or explain the reasons for refusing to register ... Chinese trademarks can be submitted in the United States, but the applicant needs to provide the pronunciation of each Chinese character that constitutes the trademark and the corresponding English translation. If a trademark is composed of simple English letters, and these letters are not stylized, in order to make the trademark more widely protected, we usually advise the applicant to declare that the trademark is a common font when submitting the application, that is, not to declare that it protects any color, size or font. The commonly used fonts here usually refer to the times? New? Roma? Or ARIAL. If the trademark is colored, it is necessary to specify the colors of each part. It should be noted that if the trademark is gray, the US Patent and Trademark Office will identify the trademark as a color trademark. It must be clearly pointed out whether the trademark has special meaning in relevant business or trade, geographical description or other languages.
In addition, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has strict requirements for providing trademark designs. Trademark design must be clear and not ambiguous. Because most American trademark applications are submitted electronically, applicants need to provide trademark patterns in picture format (jpg format), and the US Patent and Trademark Office also requires that the pixels in picture format should be no less than 250 pixels and no more than 944 pixels. About the choice of goods/services (this is the most easily rejected reason, please elaborate)
Although the United States does not limit the number of goods/services submitted for application, because the United States advocates the principle of "use", the applicant must limit the choice of goods/services to those actually produced and sold, and must not think that the more goods submitted, the wider the scope of trademark protection, so as to choose some services that are not produced, sold or provided at all. Doing so is likely to cause the entire trademark to be revoked.
2.) In addition, although the United States follows the international Nice classification, its goods and services are often more detailed than those in Nice classification. For example, the commodity "computer peripheral" is a standardized commodity item in Nice classification, but this commodity cannot be accepted in the United States because the scope of the commodity "computer peripheral" is too broad and not specific. In order to be accepted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, it must be refined to "keyboard, mouse, modem, scanner, printer, etc." . We suggest that applicants can provide the common name of the goods/services in the industry when selecting the goods/services they apply for, instead of rigidly selecting goods/services according to the list of similar goods and services published by China Trademark Office.
3) We have noticed that many American trademark registrations applied by enterprises or individuals in China are submitted on the basis of actual use. But in fact, only a few trademarks are actually used in the United States, and the vast majority of applicants are just considering paving the way for entering the American market in the future. Therefore, as long as any third party provides strong evidence to prove that a registered commodity is not used in the United States and is accepted by TTAB, it is very likely that the registration will be completely revoked instead of deleting some unused commodities. ?
Remember to renew the trademark in time after registering the American trademark. If you don't want the trademark, you can renew it.