Can trademark registration be expedited
No Can. There is no expedited service for trademark registration. The steps for trademark registration are: trademark inquiry (one day) – trademark formal examination (about 1 month) – trademark substantive examination (9 months) – trademark announcement (3 months) – receiving registration certificate ( 2 months).
Legal requirements
Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China
Chapter 7 Protection of the Exclusive Rights of Registered Trademarks
Article 56 The exclusive right to register a trademark is limited to the trademark approved for registration and the goods approved for use.
Article 57 Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:
(1) Using a trademark that is identical or similar to the registered trademark on the same or similar goods without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(2) Selling goods that infringe the exclusive rights of registered trademarks;
(3) Forging or making without authorization registered trademark signs of others or selling forged or making without authorization registered trademarks trademark logo;
(4) Changing the registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and putting the goods with the changed trademark back into the market;
(5) Causing other damage to the exclusive right to use registered trademarks of others.
Article 63 Infringement of TradeThe amount of compensation for trademark exclusive rights shall be the benefits gained by the infringer due to the infringement during the infringement period, or the losses suffered by the infringed party due to the infringement during the infringement period, including the reasonable expenses paid by the infringed party to stop the infringement.
The judgment awarded a compensation of less than 500,000 yuan.
If you sell goods that are not known to infringe the exclusive rights of a registered trademark, and you can prove that you obtained the goods legally and explain the supplier, you will not be liable for compensation.
If the parties involved in trademark registration want to go through the expedited process, they must be able to know whether the relevant units will expedite it, and do not spend a lot of money only to find out that it is not possible at all. Hurry up and allow yourself to be scammed. Regarding the time of trademark registration or if you encounter a dispute during the trademark registration process and you cannot resolve it yourself, you can ask a lawyer on the Legal Savior Network.
