1. What documents are required for trademark registration application
1. Stamping application Trademark registration application form with official seal;
2. 6 trademark drawings (1 attached to the back of the application, 5 submitted), the drawings are required to be clear and the specifications are: The length and width are not less than 5 cm and not more than 10 cm. If you specify a color, attach one colored pattern, submit five colored patterns, and attach one black and white pattern;
3. If you go directly to the trademark registration hall, submit A copy of the applicant's business license, and the original copy of the business license must be presented; if the original copy of the business license cannot be produced, the copy of the applicant's business license must be stamped with the applicant's seal. If you entrust a trademark agency to handle the matter, submit a copy of the applicant's business license;
4. If you go directly to the trademark registration hall to handle the matter, submit the ID card of the person in charge. Copy; if entrusting a trademark agency to handle the matter, submit a trademark agency power of attorney;
5. If the trademark applied for registration is a portrait, a notarized portrait should be attached. A statement that the rights holder agrees to register this portrait as a trademark.
6. Legal basis: Article 40 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" If a registered trademark has expired and needs to be continued to be used, the trademark registrant shall The renewal procedures must be handled in accordance with regulations within the first twelve months; if the renewal procedures cannot be handled 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.
2. What is the trademark registration application process
The necessary procedures include application, formal review, substantive review, and preliminary review announcement, five stages of registration.
1. The first stage: After preparing the application documents and submitting them to the Trademark Office, you can get the submission list receipt from the Trademark Office on the same day. The list is above There is a "Received" stamp from the Trademark Office and the date of receipt of the document, which proves that the Trademark Office has received the relevant application documents. Generally, the original list receipt cannot be given to the customer, but only a copy, because the original list receipt is used by the agency to reconcile accounts with the Trademark Office.
2. The second stage: It will take about 1-3 months from the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents to issue the "Notice of Acceptance". The "Notice of Acceptance" proves that the application documents have passed the formal examination by the Trademark Office and entered the substantive examination stage. There is an application number on the acceptance notice of each trademark application. Substantive examination must be conducted in sequence and cannot be advanced under any circumstances.
3. The third stage: It will take about one to one and a half years after the acceptance notice to complete the substantive review. Those who pass the substantive review will be issued a preliminary approval by the Trademark Office Announcement, the announcement period is three months.
4. The fourth stage: If no one raises any objection after the preliminary approval announcement period expires, the Trademark Office will issue a registration announcement. The registration announcement proves that the trademark has been registered. Once approved, the trademark applicant obtains the exclusive right to the trademark.
5. The fifth stage: The trademark registration certificate can be obtained in about one month from the date of the registration announcement. Time spent at each stage: trademark inquiry (within 2 days) → application document preparation (within 3 days) → submission of application (within 2 days) → payment of trademark registration fees → trademark formal review (1 month) → issuance of trademark acceptance notice → trademark substantive review ( 12 months)→Trademark announcement (3 months)→Issuance of trademark certificate.
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