1. How to apply for a registered trademark
1. Trademark Registration applicant qualifications. Applicants for trademark registration must be legally established enterprises, institutions, social groups, individual industrial and commercial individuals, partnerships, and natural persons. They must obtain exclusive rights to trademarks for the goods they produce, manufacture, process, select, or distribute, or for the services they provide. , you can apply for trademark registration; foreigners and foreign enterprises can also become trademark registration applicants in accordance with relevant agreements or treaties.
2. Domestic trademark registration applicants can apply for trademark registration through the following two channels:
(1) A trademark registration applicant can entrust a trademark agency to handle trademark registration applications, and the trademark agency will submit a trademark registration application to the Trademark Office on his behalf;
(2) Trademark applicants can also go directly to the Trademark Office to apply for trademark registration with their ID cards, company introduction letters and copies of business licenses or business licenses signed by the issuing authority.
3. Foreigners and foreign enterprises who need to obtain exclusive rights to trademarks in China can apply to the trademark registration authority in accordance with the agreement signed between their country of origin and our country or the international treaty they both participate in. The Trademark Office submits a trademark registration application or handles it on the basis of reciprocity. Foreigners or foreign enterprises must entrust a state-designated trademark agency with foreign-related agency rights to handle trademark registration applications and other related matters.
4. Documents required to apply for a trademark registration:
(1 ) "Application for Trademark Registration". If you entrust a trademark agency to handle the matter on your behalf, you should also submit a "Trademark Agency Power of Attorney".
(2) Five copies of trademark drawings (for color trademarks with specified colors, five copies of colored drawings and one black and white ink draft should be submitted).
( 3) Submit a copy of the enterprise's "Business License" or a copy of the "Business License" signed and sealed by the issuing authority; natural persons applying should submit a copy of their ID card.
If you apply for trademark registration directly to the Trademark Office, you should submit:
A. A copy of the identity card of the person in charge.
B. A copy of the enterprise's "Business License", and at the same time present the original copy of the "Business License" or submit a copy of the "Business License" signed and sealed by the issuing authority.
5. When applying for the registration of collective trademarks and certification marks, you should also submit the applicant's qualification certificate for the collective trademark and certification mark and the trademark use management rules.
When applying for certification trademark registration, you should also submit certification documents issued by the relevant competent authorities describing the specific quality of the applicant's production of the goods or provision of the service and its testing and supervision capabilities.
The so-called subject qualification certificate refers to the certification documents of industrial and commercial groups that are registered in accordance with the law and have legal person status, that is, enterprises, institutions, associations and other groups with legal person status. .
2. What materials are needed for trademark application
1. Provide a clear trademark image and list it Identify the trademark categories and goods or services that need to be registered.
2. Provide information about the registration applicant
Apply in the name of an individual: Individuals must provide a copy of their ID card (foreign individuals from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan can use their passports); self-employed individuals must provide a copy of their business license.
Apply in the name of a company : Provide company business license or valid company registration certificate.
3. Provide a trademark registration application form, which shall be signed and stamped by the applicant for confirmation.
3. Does it cost money to apply for a trademark?
Required. It costs about 300 yuan to handle it yourself, and an additional 30 yuan will be charged for each small project exceeding 10. If you use a commissioning agency, it will be more expensive.
TrademarkApplication requires money. According to relevant laws and regulations, trademark registration requires the trademark owner to submit corresponding materials. After receiving the written application, the Trademark Office will accept the application and notify it in writing if the trademark registration application procedures are complete, the application documents are filled in and the fees are paid in accordance with regulations. people.
If you handle the trademark registration yourself, you can usually register it for only 300 yuan, but it is generally limited to 10 small projects. As long as it exceeds An additional fee of 30 yuan is charged for each one; if you are looking for a commissioning agency, it usually ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand.
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