1. What are the requirements for trademark changes
(1) Preparing application documents
1. Application documents that should be submitted:
A. Applicant/registration for trademark change In the name of a person, submit the following documents:
(1) "Application Form";
(2 ) The Applicant’s subject qualification certification documents (such as a copy of the business license of the enterprise, the ID card/passport of the natural person, etc.), a copy confirmed by the applicant’s seal or signature (go directly to the Registration Hall of the Trademark Office, the National Independent Innovation Center of the Trademark Office in Zhongguancun If applied at the demonstration zone office, the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) If the applicant applies directly at the trademark registration hall, submit the ID card of the person in charge Copy; Submit the "Agency Letter" entrusted to a trademark agency;
(4) The change certificate issued by the registration authority. If the registrant is an enterprise, a change certificate from the registration department of the industrial and commercial administration authority shall be issued; if the registrant is a public institution, a change certificate from the competent authority of the public institution shall be issued; if the registrant is a natural person, a change certificate issued by the police station where the registered residence is located shall be issued. . The name before the change and the name after the change on the certificate should be consistent with the name before the change and the name of the applicant on the application form. If a foreign enterprise or foreigner only needs to change its Chinese translation name, a statement on the foreign enterprise or foreigner's application for changing its Chinese translation name should be provided.
B. To apply to change the address of the trademark applicant/registrant, submit the following documents:
( 1) "Application Form";
(2) Documents proving the applicant’s subject qualifications (such as a copy of the enterprise’s business license, the natural person’s ID card/passport, etc.) The original and the applicant’s stamped or signed copy (the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) If the applicant applies directly at the trademark registration hall, submit a copy of the ID card of the person in charge; if the applicant entrusts a trademark agency to apply, submit a "Letter of Agency";(4) When changing the address of a trademark applicant/registrant, there is no need to submit proof of change, except for cross-border changes of address. If a natural person changes his address across nationalities, he must submit documents proving his right of residence in the country where the address is after the change.C. To apply for changes in collective trademark/certification trademark use management rules, submit the following documents:
(1) "Application Form";
(2) Documents proving the applicant's subject qualifications (such as a copy of the enterprise's business license, the natural person's ID card/passport, etc.) The original and the applicant’s stamped or signed copy (the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) The applicant directly handles the application at the trademark registration hall Submit a copy of the identity card of the person in charge; submit the "Agency Letter" if a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the matter;
(4) The changed collective trademark/certification trademark Use management rules. If it involves a change in the regional scope of a geographical indication, historical data defining the geographical scope of the geographical indication product or a document proving the change in geographical scope issued by the people's government at or above the county level or the industry competent department where the geographical indication is located must be submitted.
D. To apply to change the list of collective trademark collective members, submit the following documents:
(1) "Application Form";
(2) The original and A copy of the applicant's stamp or signature confirmation (the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) The applicant directly handles the submission at the trademark registration hall A copy of the person's ID card; a "Power of Attorney" submitted by a trademark agency;
(4) The changed list of collective trademark collective members.
E. To apply to change the trademark agent, submit the following documents:
(1) "Application Form";
(2) The applicant’s subject qualification documents (such as a copy of the enterprise’s business license, the identity of the natural person Certificate/passport, etc.) and the applicant’s stamped or signed copy (the original will be returned after comparison);
(3) Applicant and changes The "Agency Letter" signed by the trademark agency.
F. If a foreigner/foreign enterprise applies to change the recipient of domestic documents, submit the following documents:
(1) "Application Form";
(2) Applicant’s main qualification certification documents (such as enterprise The original copy of business license, natural person’s ID card/passport, etc.) and the applicant’s stamped or signed copy (the original will be returned after comparison).
2. Specific instructions:
(1) Fill in the form one by one according to the requirements on the application form, which must be typed or printed. If the applicant is a natural person, the form should be filled in after the name. Fill in the identity document number, and the foreign natural person fills in the passport number
(2) When going through the change procedures, a change application should be filled in for each trademark (each registration number) A letter must be stamped with the applicant's seal. If the application is processed through a trademark agency, the agent's seal must also be stamped.
(3) All other documents are required to apply for change procedures. The signature or seal of the person to confirm.
(4) If the trademark applied for change is a jointly owned trademark, the following documents should also be submitted:
1) If you apply to change the representative of a jointly owned trademark, you must fill in an application form to change the name/address of the registrant, and also submit a statement from other co-owners agreeing to the change.
2) If you apply to change the name of a co-owner of a co-owned trademark, whether it is changing the name of all co-owners or part of the co-owners, or changing the representative of the co-owned trademark, you should fill in the application form The names of all co-owners. The name and address of the representative should be written on the first page of the application, and the names of other co-owners should be written on the attachment page of the application. Other co-owners do not need to fill in their addresses.
3), the name and place of the representativeIf the address changes, the name and address of the representative after the change should be written in the applicant name and applicant address columns on the first page of the application form, and the name and address of the representative before the change should be written in the column of the applicant's name and address on the first page of the application form. Name before change and address before change columns, and the corresponding certificate of name change should be attached. If the name and address of the representative have not changed and the name of the other co-owners is being applied for change, then there is no need to fill in the name and address before change columns on the first page of the application form.
4) If the name of other co-owners changes, the name list of other co-owners before the change and the list of names of other co-owners after the change should be included in the attached page of the application form. (Hereinafter referred to as the name list before the change and the name list after the change) Fill in the names of the co-owners before the change and the names of the co-owners after the change, and attach the corresponding change certificates. If the names of other co-owners have not changed, the names of the co-owners that have not changed should also be filled in the name list before the change and the name list after the change on the attached page of the application.
(5) If the application documents are in a foreign language, a Chinese translation should be provided.
(6) If a trademark that has not yet been approved for registration needs to apply for change procedures, it shall be handled in accordance with the above regulations.
(2) Submit application documents
If the applicant applies directly, in the trademark registration hall Submit the application documents directly at the application acceptance window; if a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the application, the trademark agency will submit the application documents to the Trademark Office.
(3) Pay the change fee
Applications are charged according to category, and the change fee for one category is 500 yuan.
If the applicant handles the application directly, he or she shall pay directly at the payment window of the trademark registration hall; if the applicant entrusts a trademark agency to handle the application, the Trademark Office will deduct it from the account of the trademark agency. Fees.
2. Notes
1. Change the name of the trademark registrant or address, the trademark registrant should change all registered trademarks at the same time.
2. After the change application is submitted, the Trademark Office will accept the change application that meets the acceptance conditions; if it does not meet the acceptance conditions, it will not be accepted.
3. If the change application requires supplements/corrections, the Trademark Office will issue a supplement/correction notice and notify the applicant to make supplements/corrections within a time limit. If the applicant fails to make corrections as required within the prescribed time limit, the Trademark Office has the right to regard the change application as abandoned or not to approve it.
4. After the change application is approved, the Trademark Office will issue a change certificate to the applicant.
5. If the change application is deemed to be abandoned or disapproved, the Trademark Office will issue a "Notice of Deeming Abandonment" or a "Notice of Disapproval".
6. After the application for change of a jointly owned trademark is approved, the change certificate will only be issued to the representative. If other co-owners need it, they should apply for a reissue certificate.
7. If the applicant applies directly, the Trademark Office will deliver the corresponding documents to the applicant by mail according to the address filled in the application form; through a trademark agency If handled, it will be delivered to the agency.
8. The category of the application should be filled in according to the international classification category approved by the "Trademark Registration Certificate".
9. If you change the agent/domestic recipient who has not used the application for cancellation, objection, objection review, or rejection of registration review for three consecutive years, you must directly submit it to the procedure for review. The department directly submits the application for change of agent/domestic receiver, and the agent/domestic receiver of the application for change, transfer, renewal, or cancellation cannot be changed.
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