How much is the trademark registration fee (for reference only)
The registration fee is charged by category and quantity, and the fee for each trademark in each category is:
1900 yuan (ten-year validity period, including ten-year fees, domestic companies or individuals, including 1000 national fees and 900 agency fees).
3,000 yuan (ten-year validity period, including ten-year fees, foreign enterprises or individuals, including 1 0,000 national fees and 2,000 agency fees).
Trademark registration process
Trademark registration process I. Formal review
After formal examination, if the application procedures are complete and the application documents are filled in accordance with the regulations, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of acceptance.
If the application procedures are incomplete or the application documents are not filled in as required, a notice of rejection shall be issued and returned, and the application date shall not be retained.
If the application procedures are basically complete or the application documents basically meet the requirements, but need to be corrected, the Trademark Office will issue the Notice of Correction of Trademark Registration Application. If the applicant makes corrections within the time limit and returns them to the Trademark Office, the date of application shall be kept; If it is not corrected or corrected within the time limit, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of rejection and return it, and the application date will not be retained.
Trademark registration process II. Substantive inspection
Trademark applications enter substantive examination after passing formal examination. After substantive examination, the Trademark Office shall preliminarily examine and approve the trademark application that meets the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law and make an announcement.
If the application is rejected, a notice of rejection shall be issued to the applicant.
If the Trademark Office considers that the contents of the application for trademark registration can be modified, it shall issue an examination opinion. If the applicant gives a reply within the time limit, the Trademark Office will continue the examination.
A trademark that has been preliminarily examined and approved shall be announced by the China Trademark Office in the Trademark Announcement.
Within three months from the date of announcement, anyone may raise an objection to the trademark preliminarily approved by the China Trademark Office.
If it is ruled that there is no objection or the objection is untenable, the China Trademark Office will approve the registration, issue a trademark registration certificate, and make an announcement in the Trademark Announcement; If the objection is established, the registration shall not be approved.
Review request
In the process of trademark registration, if the applicant is not satisfied with the rejection of the trademark registration application by the Trademark Office, he may request a reexamination to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board. The Trademark Review and Adjudication Board shall make a final decision on approval or disapproval of registration and notify the applicant in writing. If a party refuses to accept the objection ruling of the Trademark Office, he may request a review to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board. The Trademark Review and Adjudication Board shall make a final decision and notify the parties in writing.
What are the requirements for registering a trademark?
Today, a trademark is not only a symbol, but also contains great economic value, representing the image and reputation of an enterprise. A registered trademark shall generally meet the following requirements:
1. The applicant must be the right holder applying for trademark recognition, and be a natural person, legal person and other organization in this province.
2. The trademark has been continuously used for three years since the date of approval and registration, and it remains valid, and there is no ownership dispute.
3. The trademark is well known to the relevant public and enjoys a high reputation in the relevant market.
4. The main economic indicators such as annual sales, operating income, net profit and tax of the goods approved to use the trademark in the past three years are leading in the same industry in this province.
5. The applicant has a good reputation, a perfect trademark management institution and trademark management system, and no illegal acts in the past three years.
6. If the goods approved for the use of the trademark are export goods, the trademark shall be registered in the relevant countries or regions and have a wide sales area.
How to apply for a registered trademark online?
I. Applicant
Trademark applicants can directly submit trademark applications online or entrust trademark agencies to handle them. An applicant who directly submits an online trademark application shall comply with the provisions of Article 4 of the Trademark Law, and shall not violate the provisions of Article 18 of the Trademark Law, and shall have the technical conditions for paying the trademark application fee online. Trademark agencies that apply for trademarks online shall be registered by the enterprise registration authority according to law and filed with the Trademark Office.
Two. Inadmissible online application
For technical reasons, a trademark applicant or trademark agency organization may not submit an online application under the following circumstances:
(1) An application for trademark registration as stipulated in the Instructions for Natural Persons to Apply for Trademark Registration published by the Trademark Office;
(2) an application for trademark registration claiming priority;
(3) an application for registration of a portrait trademark;
(4) trademark registration applications for collective trademarks and certification trademarks;
(5) The goods or services designated for use are not included in the list of similar goods and services applied for trademark registration;
(6) An application for trademark registration submitted by a foreigner or foreign enterprise as a trademark applicant or * * * together with the applicant fails to entrust a trademark agency. Trademark applicants from Hongkong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province Province shall refer to these Provisions.
(seven) other applications for trademark registration that are not suitable for online application.
Third, cost delivery.
Where a trademark applicant directly submits an online trademark application, he shall immediately pay the trademark fee in full online with the bank card of himself or the payer entrusted by him when submitting the online trademark application; Where a trademark agency organizes an online trademark application, it shall pay the trademark fee in full. Where the Trademark Office has other provisions on payment methods, such provisions shall prevail.
Fourth, other matters needing attention
Where a trademark applicant directly submits an online trademark application, the Trademark Office shall consider the application submitted successfully when it receives the electronic application data that meets the requirements and the information that the trademark application fee has been paid in full; Where a trademark agency organizes an online trademark application, the Trademark Office shall be deemed to have successfully submitted the application if it receives the electronic application data that meets the requirements.
Where an online trademark application is submitted, the date of trademark application is the date when the Trademark Office receives the successfully submitted electronic application data.
How to apply for registration of a three-dimensional trademark
According to the provisions of the Trademark Law, any visible sign that can distinguish the goods of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations from the goods of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and color combinations, and the combination of the above elements, can apply to the Trademark Office for registration as a trademark. A stereoscopic trademark refers to a trademark consisting of a stereoscopic mark or a stereoscopic mark containing other marks.
A three-dimensional trademark can be the shape of the commodity itself, or the packaging of the commodity or other three-dimensional signs. Where an application for registration of a three-dimensional trademark is filed, the applicant shall make a statement in the application. If it is not declared, it shall be regarded as a flat trademark.
According to the Trademark Examination Standard, when applying for registration of a three-dimensional trademark, the applicant shall submit a trademark pattern that can determine the three-dimensional shape. If multiple views need to be submitted, they shall be placed in the same trademark pattern, with a maximum of six. The length or width of the trademark pattern shall not be greater than10cm and not less than 5cm.
Trademark registration process and fees
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