Trademark registration process

Legal subjectivity:

The specific process for registering a trademark is as follows: 3 working days to prepare materials - 3 months to issue the acceptance notice - 6 months to substantive review - preliminary review announcement 3 months - 1 month after the registration certificate is issued. Notes on application: 1. For trademark registration in China, the first-to-file principle is adopted, that is, the ownership of the trademark rights is determined around the date of submission of the trademark application, so the time to submit the application is very critical. 2. The validity period of trademark registration is ten years from the registration date and can be extended after ten years. 3. The entire process of trademark registration takes about one and a half years. 4. Regional protection: Trademark registration has regional characteristics. After being authorized domestically, it can only protect domestic trademark rights (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). The cost of trademark registration for a category is between 1,000 and 2,000 yuan. Legal objectivity:

In accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, natural persons engaged in production, manufacturing, processing, selection, distribution of goods or provision of services need to obtain exclusive rights to trademarks , you should apply for trademark registration to the Trademark Office. When handling trademark registration, transfer and other applications in the name of a natural person, in addition to submitting the "Trademark Registration Application", trademark drawings and other materials in accordance with relevant regulations, you should also pay attention to the following matters: 1. Preparation for registration. Choose the registration method. One is to go to the state by yourself. Apply for registration with the Trademark Office of the Administration for Industry and Commerce; the other is to entrust an experienced trademark agency to organize agency services. 2. Prepare materials and prepare 10 trademark drawings (for color trademarks of specified colors, 10 colored drawings and 1 black and white ink drawing should be submitted), the length and width should not be greater than 10 cm and not less than 5 cm. If the direction of the trademark pattern is unclear, Arrows should be used to mark the upper and lower parts; if the application is made by an individual, a copy of the ID card must be presented and a copy of the individual business license must be submitted, and the business scope must be consistent with the registered trademark; if the application is made by an enterprise, a copy of the enterprise's "Business License" must be presented and submitted. Copy; trademark registration application form stamped with the official seal of the unit. 3. Start the application 4. Submit an application according to the classification of goods and services. Currently, goods and services are divided into 45 categories, including 34 categories of goods and 11 categories of services. When applying for registration, the category of goods or services for which the trademark is used should be determined according to the classification of the goods and services classification table; if the same applicant uses the same trademark on different categories of goods, he should file registration applications according to different categories. 5. Determination of the filing date This is the most important point: Since China’s trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once you have a dispute over trademark rights with other companies, the company with the first filing date will be protected by law. Therefore, it is very important to establish the filing date. The filing date shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. Next are the three procedures of trademark review, preliminary review announcement, and registration announcement. It should be emphasized that a trademark that has passed the preliminary review by the Trademark Office can be registered only if no one raises objections three months after the announcement, and the trademark will be protected by law. The validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, calculated from the date of approval of registration. If the validity period expires and you need to continue to use it, you can apply for trademark renewal registration. 6. Receive the trademark registration certificate. After the trademark is registered, the Trademark Office issues a certificate to the registrant. If it is through an agency organization, the agent will send the "Trademark Registration Certificate" to the registrant; if the registration is done directly, the registrant should go to the Trademark Office to obtain the certificate within three months after receiving the "Notice of Receiving the Trademark Registration Certificate". At the same time, the registrant should also Bring: a letter of introduction for obtaining the trademark registration certificate, ID card of the person receiving the certificate and its copy, a copy of the original business license and a copy stamped with the seal of the local industrial and commercial department, a notice for receiving the trademark registration certificate, and a copy if the name of the trademark registrant is changed. Change certificate issued by the industrial and commercial department. Note: It usually takes about one to three and a half years from application to issuance of a newly applied trademark, of which application acceptance and formal review takes about one month, substantive review takes about 24 to 30 months, and the opposition period is three months. It takes about 2 months from the approval announcement to the issuance of the certificate. 7. Instructions for trademark registration application. If a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for the goods or services it produces, manufactures, processes, selects or distributes, it shall apply to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the “Trademark Office”) in accordance with the law. Bureau) to file an application for trademark registration. In the narrow sense, trademark registration applications only refer to applications for registration of goods and service marks, applications for international trademark registration, applications for certification marks, applications for collective trademark registration, and applications for registration of special signs. In addition to the content of trademark registration applications in the narrow sense, trademark registration applications in the broad sense also include applications for change, renewal, transfer registration, objection applications, trademark license contract filing applications, and the handling of other trademark registration matters.