Trademarks are time-sensitive
According to Article 39 of the Trademark Law, the validity period of a Registered trademark is ten years, calculated from the date of approval of registration.
Article 40: If a registered trademark has expired and needs to be continued to be used, the trademark registrant should Renewal procedures must be completed in accordance with regulations within twelve months; if the application fails to be completed within 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.
If the trademark registrant changes the registered trademark, the registrant's name, address or other registration matters on his own during the use of the registered trademark, The local industrial and commercial administrative department shall order corrections within a time limit; if corrections are not made within the time limit, the Trademark Office shall revoke the registered trademark.
Trademark registration applicants shall fill in the product category and product name of the trademark in accordance with the prescribed product classification table, and submit the registration Apply.
Trademark registration applicants can apply to register the same trademark for multiple categories of goods through one application.
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