1. How long does it take to issue the preliminary review announcement after receiving the trademark registration receipt?
1. After receiving the trademark registration receipt, you generally need to wait 9 months before the preliminary review announcement is issued. If you do not meet the application conditions, it will not be announced.
2. Legal basis; "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"
Twenty-eighth Article 11: 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 review process, if the Trademark Office believes that the content of the trademark registration application needs 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 registered with others on the same or similar goods is If the approved 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 use the same or similar trademarks on the same goods or similar goods. If you apply for registration, the trademark that was applied for first will be preliminarily reviewed and announced; if you apply on the same day, the trademark that was previously used will be preliminarily reviewed and announced, and other people's applications 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 rights by unfair means. Influenced trademarks.
2. Regulations that should be followed when applying for trademark registration
1. Application for trademark registration in bad faith without the purpose of use.
2. Copying, imitating or translating other people’s well-known trademarks.
3. The agent or representative applies for registration of the principal or represented person's trademark without authorization; knowingly knowing that others have done so based on contracts, business relationships or other relationships An application for registration of a previously used trademark exists.
4. Damage the existing prior rights of others or use unfair means to preemptively register a trademark that is already used by others and has a certain influence.
5. Applying for trademark registration by deception or other unfair means.
6. Other violations of the principle of good faith, public order and good customs, or other adverse effects.
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