1. How do agencies that provide agency services for registered trademark applications charge?
1. The charging standards for agency services for registered trademark applications are not stipulated by the industry. The choice of trademark registration method: go to the National Trademark Office to handle trademark registration matters yourself. The Trademark Law allows citizens of the country to apply for trademark registration directly to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Entrust a trademark agency organization to apply.
2. Legal basis:
"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 28 Article 1 For a trademark applied for registration, the Trademark Office shall complete the review within nine months from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents. If it complies with the relevant provisions of this Law, a preliminary review and announcement shall be made.
Article 29. During the examination process, if the Trademark Office believes that the contents of the trademark registration application need explanation or correction, it may require the applicant to make explanations or corrections. If the applicant fails to make explanations or corrections, it will not affect the Trademark Office’s examination decision.
Article 30: Any trademark applied for registration that does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Law or has been registered or preliminarily approved with others on the same or similar goods If the trademarks are identical or similar, the Trademark Office will reject the application and will not publish it.
Article 31 Two or more trademark registration applicants apply for the same or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods. For registration, the trademark previously applied for will be preliminarily reviewed and announced; for applications filed on the same day, the trademark previously used will be preliminarily reviewed and announced, and applications from others will be rejected and will not be announced.
Article 32: Application for trademark registration shall not damage the existing prior rights of others, nor shall it be used to preemptively register others that have already used it and have certain influence by unfair means. 's trademark.
2. How much time does it take to apply for trademark registration? Long time
1. Generally, it is completed within nine months. The application for trademark registration must go through: trademark inquiry, application submission, The process of accepting applications, substantive examination, registration announcement, approval of registration, and issuance of certificates may also occur due to external factors due to external factors such as rejection of the application, rejection of review, objection, and objection reply. Before applying, first To conduct a trademark search, if there is no identical or similar one before, you can prepare application documents. About 3 months after submitting the application, the Trademark Office will issue an application acceptance notice.
2. If the Trademark Office completes the review within nine months from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents and meets the relevant provisions of this Law, it will make a preliminary review announcement. The preliminary review announcement period is 3 months. 3 months If no objection is raised, a registration announcement will be issued. The trademark validity period is calculated from the registration announcement date.
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