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1. About 60 days after the application is filed, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of acceptance.
2. About 15 months after the application is filed, the Trademark Office will issue a preliminary examination announcement and send it to the applicant.
3. Three months after the date of announcement, no one raised an objection and issued a formal "Trademark Registration Certificate".
4. The registration time is about 18 months.
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A trademark is a sign with distinctive characteristics adopted by the producer or operator of goods in its production, manufacturing, processing, selection or distribution of goods or the services provided by the provider of services in order to distinguish goods or services, and is composed of words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, sounds, color combinations, or combinations of the above elements, and is a product of modern economy. In the commercial field, a trademark can be registered as a trademark, including words, graphics, letters, numerals, three-dimensional signs and color combinations, as well as a combination of the above elements. Trademarks approved and registered by the state are "registered trademarks" and are protected by law.
Trademarks protect trademark registrants by ensuring that they have the exclusive right to identify goods or services, or to license others to use them for remuneration.
It takes about 3 months to submit the application for trademark registration, and the examination period is 9 months, and the notice of preliminary examination and approval of the trademark registration will be issued, and then the announcement period will be entered. The announcement period is 3 months. Three months later, the trademark was approved for registration.
Trademark registration process:
1.Application method: You can go to the registration hall of the Trademark Office (Beijing) in person to handle it, or you can entrust the trademark ** agency to handle it.
2.Application fee: 600 yuan official fee to the Trademark Office, and if the first agency is entrusted, it is also necessary to pay about 600-800 yuan to the first agency.
3.Documents required for application:
a. Trademark drawings are required;
b. The scope of goods or services to be used by the registered trademark;
c. Identification documents: (1).Company application: a copy of the company's business license is required; (2).For individual applications: a copy of the business license and personal ID card of the individual industrial and commercial household is required.
4.Application Procedure:
a. Check the trademark first, if there is no same or similar before, you can make the application documents and submit the application;
b. About 3 months after the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will issue a notice of acceptance of the application to the applicant (this period is called the formal examination stage).
c. After the formal examination is completed, it will enter the substantive examination stage, which will take about 9 months.
d. If the substantive examination is qualified, it will enter the announcement procedure (this period is 3 months, also called the opposition period); e. At the expiration of the announcement period, no objection is raised. You can get the registration certificate. The time for the above successful registration is generally about 12-14 months.
The Trademark Law provides for a nine-month examination period.
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Notification of late results for review within nine months.
Legal basis: Article 28 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China shall complete the examination of a trademark applied for registration within nine months from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents, and if it meets the relevant provisions of this Law, it shall make a preliminary examination and announcement.
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Legal Analysis: The trademark application is generally completed within nine months. Trademark application for registration must go through:
The process of trademark inquiry, application submission, application acceptance, substantive examination, registration announcement, approval of registration, and issuance of certificates, under abnormal circumstances, may also occur due to external factors, such as rejection of application, rejection review, objection, opposition defense, etc.
Legal basis: Article 28 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China Where a trademark applied for registration does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Law or is identical or similar to a trademark that has been registered or preliminarily approved by another person on the same or similar goods, the Trademark Office shall reject the application and shall not publish it.
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It takes about one year to one and a half years to get the registration certificate for a trademark application, although on the surface, the Trademark Office is very cautious in reviewing the registered trademark and the materials, but there is still no way to fundamentally prevent the occurrence of trademark squatting. In the process of registering a trademark, the formal examination takes 20 days, and the substantive examination takes the longest, which takes about 6 to 8 months.
1. How long does it take to apply for a registered trademark?
1. Formal examination (about 20 days): The Trademark Office will determine whether the documents and procedures for applying for trademark registration comply with the law, and if they comply with the law, the examination agency will compile the application number, determine the application date, and issue the Notice of Acceptance of the Trademark Registration Application.
2. Substantive examination (about 6-8 months): a series of activities such as inspection, data search, analysis and comparison, investigation and research conducted by the Trademark Office to determine whether the trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law (trademark prohibition clauses, non-distinctiveness, existence of similar trademarks, etc.), and decide to give preliminary approval or reject the application.
3. Announcement of preliminary examination (3 months): The announcement of preliminary examination of a trademark refers to the decision to allow the registration of an old trademark that meets the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law after the application for registration of the old trademark has been examined, and to announce it in the Trademark Announcement.
4. Obtain the registration certificate (about 1 month): If no one raises an objection to the preliminarily approved trademark within three months from the date of publication of the preliminary examination announcement, the trademark shall be registered and the registration announcement shall be published at the same time. If no objection is raised within three months or the objection is ruled to be unsubstantiated, the trademark will be registered and the registration certificate will be issued.
2. Fees for registered trademarks
1. Paper application: the fee is 1,000 yuan, limited to 10 goods or services in this category; More than 10 (excluding 10), for each more than one, an additional 100 yuan will be charged;
2. Application: The fee is 800 yuan, which is currently only open to trademark agencies, and is limited to 10 goods or services in this category; For more than 10 pieces (excluding 10 pieces), an additional 80 yuan will be charged for each more than one.
3. Benefits of Registered Trademarks
1. It is convenient for consumers to recognize the brand and shop.
2. The trademark registrant has the exclusive right to use the trademark and is protected by law.
3. Through trademark registration, you can create a brand and occupy the market first.
4. A trademark is an intangible asset whose value can be evaluated.
5. The value of a trademark can be realized by transferring, licensing to others, or pledge.
6. Trademark is also a necessary condition for quality inspection, health inspection, bar code, etc.
7. Local industrial and commercial bureaus at all levels supervise the quality and quantity of goods and services through the management of trademarks.
In the process of substantive examination of the trademark registration application, the main thing is to see whether all the registration materials of the trademark are contrary to the national laws and regulations, whether there are similar trademarks, and the staff will preliminarily review and approve them through analysis and comparison.
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