What is the deadline for trademark renewal? How long does it take and how to renew
Article 40 of China's Trademark Law stipulates: "If a registered trademark expires and needs to be continued to be used, it should be Apply for renewal of registration within twelve months; if the application is not submitted during this period, a six-month extension period can be given. If the application has not been submitted at the end of the extension period, the registered trademark will be cancelled. The validity period of each renewal registration It lasts for ten years. After the renewal registration is approved, it will be announced."
How is the trademark renewal?
(1) There are two ways to apply for renewal of a registered trademark:
1. Entrust a trademark agency registered with the Trademark Office to handle the application.
2. Applicants should go directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office to apply.
There is only one file format for renewal, which is the "Application for Trademark Renewal Registration".
(2) Three steps for application
1. Prepare application documents
The application documents that should be submitted are:
(1) "Application for Trademark Renewal Registration"
p>(2) Applicant’s identity document (copy)
(3) Submission of authorized agent "Agency Letter", which must be processed directly at the acceptance hall and submitted with a copy of the person in charge of the identity card
(4) Copy of registration certificate
(5) If the application documents are in a foreign language, they should also provide a copy of the document signed and stamped by the translation agency.Chinese translation
2. Submit application documents
(1) The applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall If you come to apply, after the application documents are ready, submit them at the acceptance window of the trademark registration hall, and the staff at the window will confirm whether the application documents are qualified.
(2) If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the application, the trademark agency will deliver the application documents to the Trademark Office.
3. Pay the renewal fee
A renewal registration application requires a fee of 2,000 Yuan. If the registration renewal application is submitted within the six-month extension period after the expiry of the registration period, a delay fee of RMB 500 is required.
If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the matter, the applicant shall pay the renewal fees and agency fees to the trademark agency. The renewal fees charged by the Trademark Office will be from The trademark agency's advance payment will be deducted.
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