1. How long does it take for trademark registration to be pending?
1. A registered trademark can be reviewed within nine months at most from the date of receipt of the trademark registration application documents. If the relevant regulations are met, a preliminary approval announcement will be made. Trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office are registered trademarks, including commodity trademarks, service marks, collective marks, and certification marks.
2. Legal basis:
Article 40 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China , if the registered trademark expires and needs to be continued to be used, the trademark registrant shall handle the renewal procedures in accordance with the regulations within twelve months before the expiration; if it fails to be completed during this period, a six-month extension period may be granted. Each renewal of registration is valid for ten years, starting from the day after the expiration of the previous term of validity of the trademark. If renewal procedures are not completed upon expiration, the registered trademark will be cancelled. The Trademark Office shall announce the renewal of registered trademarks.
2. What conditions need to be met when applying for a registered trademark?
1. The principle of good faith must be followed;
2. You must be responsible for the quality of the goods using your trademark;3. The trademark you apply for must be able to compete with other people’s trademarks. Distinguish the goods;
4. The trademark must have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and must not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. Administrative regulations stipulate that goods that must use registered trademarks must apply for trademark registration. Products without approved registration may not be sold in the market. When applying for registration and use of a trademark, the principle of good faith must be followed.
5. Trademark users shall be responsible for the quality of the goods on which their trademarks are used. Industrial and commercial administrative departments at all levels should use trademark management to prevent behaviors that deceive consumers. Any mark that can distinguish the goods of a natural person, legal person or other organization from the goods of others, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds, etc., as well as combinations of the above elements, can be applied for registration as a trademark .
6. The trademark applied for registration should have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and should not conflict with the legal rights previously obtained by others. The trademark registrant has the right to indicate "registered trademark" or registered mark.
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