What is the fee for trademark application
There is no unified standard for accepting trademark registration fees.
Each application should be accompanied by a copy of the application fee. prove. When applying for trademark registration or handling other trademark matters, you must pay fees as required. The Trademark Office will consider the application complete and will accept it after receiving the application documents and trademark fees. Otherwise, it will not be accepted.
Trademark registration process
1. Trademark query.
Trademark inquiry refers to the trademark registration applicant or its Before filing an application for registration, the agent should conduct a search to see whether the trademark being applied for is identical or similar to the trademark with prior rights.
The following situations are explained here:
1) Words that lack distinctiveness or are prohibited by trademark law cannot be checked to determine whether their application for registration can be approved;
2) If there is a previously applied identical or similar trademark that has not yet entered the Trademark Office database at the time of query, because the two If the time is close, the query results will not be reflected;
3) If the inquiry report provides several trademarks that may be similar, the agent only makes an analysis based on general examination standards and experience, and his opinions are for reference only and do not represent the examination opinions of the Trademark Office;
4) For combined trademarks, if only part of the trademark (such as Chinese or English) is queried, and other parts of the actual applied trademark (such as graphics) are the same or similar to someone else's registered trademark, the entire trademark will be rejected;
5) The client only provided information about the trademark during the inquiry However, due to differences in font, color, structure or arrangement in the trademark design draft provided during the actual application, the search results may not fully reflect the same or similar degree.
2. Trademark review.
Trademark examination is divided into formal examination and substantive examination.
① For trademark formal examination, it is very important to establish the filing date , since China's trademark registration adopts the first-to-file principle, once the application date occurs, it becomes the legal basis for determining trademark rights. The application date for trademark registration shall be based on the date when the Trademark Office receives the application. The Trademark Office receives the trademark application. An acceptance notice will be issued to applications that meet the formal requirements.
②Trademark substantive examination, trademark substantive examination is a trademark The registration authority conducts a series of activities such as inspection, data retrieval, analysis and comparison, investigation and research on whether a trademark registration application complies with the provisions of the Trademark Law, and decides to give preliminary approval or reject the application. During this period, before the trademark is approved for registration, please do not use registration marks (such as "registered trademark", "?", etc.). You can mark it with "TM". In addition, before registration is approved, it is not advisable to produce too many goods and packaging bearing the trademark, or trademark logos at one time, to prevent unnecessary losses caused by obstruction of registration.
3. Preliminary review announcement.
Trademark approval means that the trademark registration application has been reviewed Afterwards, a decision will be made to allow registration for those that comply with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law. And be announced in the "Trademark Announcement". If no one raises an objection within three months or if the objection raised is found to be untenable, the trademark will be registered and take effect, and a registration certificate will be issued.
In judicial practice, the relevant issues regarding trademark registration The identification situation should be handled based on the actual situation, especially the handling of relevant situations should be handled in accordance with the Trademark Law.If you do not understand the procedures for trademark registration, you can consult the trademark management department to avoid errors in the application of the law.
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