1. What is the trademark registration inquiry code?
Trademark registration inquiry code Refers to the number in the upper right corner of the trademark registration certificate. The current status of a trademark can be checked at the Trademark Office through the trademark registration number, which facilitates registrants to check trademark information and follow up on the progress of trademark registration. Trade names that have gone through legal procedures are protected by law. A trademark has only one trademark registration number.
Legal basis: Article 30 of the "Trademark Law" stipulates: Any trademark applied for registration does not comply with the relevant provisions of this law or is used on the same product or product as others. If a registered or preliminarily approved trademark on similar goods is identical or similar, the Trademark Office will reject the application and will not publish it.
2. What are the requirements for trademark registration?
1. Complete the information for trademark registration application
A trademark registration application form and 6 When making a trademark drawing, it should be noted that the drawing must be clear. Then prepare a power of attorney for trademark agency. If you are handling it yourself, you do not need a power of attorney. Finally, there must be a copy of the applicant's ID card and a copy of the individual industrial and commercial household's business license. If the information is incomplete or contains errors, the Trademark Office will not register it.
2. Search trademarks in advance
There are provisions for prior use rights. In order to prevent snatching When a trademark registration phenomenon occurs, the Trademark Office only recognizes the first successfully registered trademark. Once a trademark is successfully registered, subsequent applications for the same or similar trademark will be rejected. Therefore, we need to search for trademarks in advance to see if there are any registered trademarks that are similar to ours. If so, you need to modify your trademark in time.
3. The trademark design must have distinctive features
Trademarks should have distinctive features. The distinctive characteristics of a trademark can be expressed in two ways: first, the distinctive characteristics inherent in the mark itself, such as a trademark with a novel concept and unique design; second, distinctive characteristics obtained through use, such as a narrative mark that directly describes the quality of the goods and other characteristics. Obtain distinctive features through use. If a trademark does not have distinctive features, it is easy for the Trademark Office to reject the registration application, so we must put more thought into the trademark design. Only unique trademark patterns will be easier to pass.
3. How to use the trademark after successful registration?
After the trademark is successfully registered, you will have trademark rights, including the exclusive right to use the trademark, the right to prohibit, the right to transfer, etc. Simply put, trademark owners can use their trademarks in the following ways:
1. Prohibit others from using the trademark. Once you find that someone is using your trademark within the scope of your trademark protection, you can warn the other party to stop using it and compensate for the corresponding losses.
2. The trademark is licensed to others. Generally, if a trademark is licensed to others for use, a license filing is required.
3. Transfer the trademark to others to obtain income. By transferring an unused trademark to others, you can not only obtain trademark transfer fees, but also avoid the possibility of having your trademark revoked by others if it is not used for three consecutive years.
Of course there are other ways, such as trademark mortgage loans, equity investments as intangible assets, etc.
After the trademark owner obtains the trademark patent document, he has the right to use the trademark. You can license your trademark to companies in the same field and make profits from it, or you can transfer the trademark to other companies and get trademark transfer fees, and you can also make new investments with bank mortgage loans. I hope the above content can be helpful to you. If you have other questions, you can click the button below for consultation, or go to the Legal Savior website to consult a professional lawyer.