How to register a trademark

The way: directly to the State Trademark Office hall, or entrusted to the agency.

Documents prepared: application, power of attorney, trademark specimen, copy of business license.

Time: the current speed is 1-2 months issued a "Notice of Acceptance" 1-2 years or so issued a "Trademark Registration Certificate"

Registered Trademarks Specific Provisions:

Chapter II Application for Trademark Registration

Article 13 Application for Trademark Registration. Shall be in accordance with the published classification of goods and services classified according to class application. Each application for trademark registration shall be submitted to the Trademark Office, "Application for Trademark Registration", five copies of the trademark drawings; specified color, and shall submit five copies of coloring drawings, black and white draft. Trademark drawings must be clear, easy to paste, printed on glossy and durable paper or replaced by photographs, the length or width should be no greater than 10 centimeters and no less than 5 centimeters. Where an application for registration of a trademark is filed with a three-dimensional sign, it shall be declared in the application and the drawing that can determine the three-dimensional shape shall be submitted. Where an application for registration of a trademark is made for a combination of colors, it shall be declared in the application and submitted with a written description. Application for the registration of collective marks, certification mark shall be declared in the application, and submit the subject qualification documents and use of management rules. Trademarks in a foreign language or contains a foreign language, should indicate the meaning.

Article XIV of the application for trademark registration, the applicant shall submit a copy of valid documents that can prove his identity. The name of the applicant for trademark registration shall be consistent with the submitted documents.

Article 15 The name of the goods or services shall be filled out in accordance with the Classification of Goods and Services; if the name of the goods or services are not included in the Classification of Goods and Services, a description of the goods or services shall be attached. Trademark registration applications and other relevant documents shall be typed or printed.

Article 16 *** the same application for registration of the same trademark, shall designate a representative in the application; no designated representative, the application in the order of the first person as the representative.

Article 17 Where an applicant changes his name, address or agent, or deletes the designated goods, he may apply to the Trademark Office for a change. If an applicant transfers his application for trademark registration, he shall apply to the Trademark Office for the transfer formalities.

Article 18 The date of application for trademark registration, the date of receipt of the application documents by the Trademark Office shall prevail. Application procedures are complete and in accordance with the provisions of the application documents, the Trademark Office shall be accepted and notify the applicant in writing; application procedures are not complete or not in accordance with the provisions of the application documents, the Trademark Office shall not be accepted, notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons. Application procedures are basically complete or the application documents are basically in line with the provisions, but need to make corrections, the Trademark Office to notify the applicant to make corrections, limited to 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice, in accordance with the specified content of the corrections and return to the Trademark Office. If the application is corrected and returned to the Trademark Office within the specified period, the date of application shall be reserved; if the application is not corrected after the expiration of the period, it shall be regarded as abandoned, and the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant in writing. Article 19 Two or more applicants, in the same goods or similar goods, respectively, with the same or similar trademark on the same day to apply for registration, each applicant shall, from the date of receipt of the notice of the Trademark Office within 30 days to submit its application for registration before the prior use of the evidence of the trademark. If the trademark is used on the same day or neither of them is used, each applicant may negotiate among themselves within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notice from the Trademark Office and submit the written agreement to the Trademark Office; if they are unwilling to negotiate or the negotiation fails, the Trademark Office shall notify each applicant to determine an applicant by drawing lots and reject the registration application of the other applicant. The Trademark Office has notified but the applicant did not participate in the lottery, is deemed to give up the application, the Trademark Office shall notify the applicant who did not participate in the lottery in writing.

Article 20 Where priority is claimed in accordance with the provisions of Article 24 of the Trademark Law, a copy of the documents submitted by the applicant for the first time for filing an application for registration of a trademark shall be certified by the competent trademark authority accepting the application with the date of filing and the application number. In accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of the Trademark Law to claim priority, the applicant to submit documents shall be certified by the State Council administrative department for industry and commerce of the agency; exhibition of its goods of international exhibitions are held in China, except.

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