There are two ways to apply for the registration of a commodity trademark or a service trademark:

(1) Entrust a trademark agency recognized by the state to handle it.

(2) The applicant shall go directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office to handle it.

III. Procedures

(1) If a trademark agency is entrusted to handle the matter, the applicant may voluntarily choose any trademark agency recognized by the state to handle it. All trademark agencies registered with the Trademark Office are published in the "Agency" column.

(2) If the applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office, the applicant can go through the following steps:

Inquire before applying for trademark registration (optional procedure) → Prepare the application → Submit the application in the acceptance window of the trademark registration hall → Type the receipt barcode in the coding window → Pay the trademark registration fee in the payment window → The Trademark Office will issue the Notice of Acceptance in about one month → Make corrections to the trademark registration application (optional procedure). If the application for trademark registration is rejected, on the one hand, the trademark registration fee will be lost, on the other hand, it will take about 1.5 years to re-apply for registered trademarks, and whether the re-application can be approved for registration is still unknown. Therefore, before applying for a registered trademark, it is best for the applicant to make a trademark inquiry, understand the prior rights, and make a judgment according to the inquiry results before submitting the application. Where a trademark agency is entrusted to apply for trademark registration, the trademark agency shall be responsible for the inquiry. (For details, please refer to "Inquiries before trademark registration application")

V. Preparation of application documents for trademark registration

(1) To apply for trademark registration in the name of a legal person or other organization, the following application documents shall be submitted:

1. An application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the applicant.

2. 5 trademark designs, with clear patterns and specifications of not less than 5 cm in length and width and not more than 11 cm. If a color is specified, there are 5 color patterns, and one black and white ink draft is attached.