1. Registration process
(1) Submit
Prepare trademark application documents and submit the application to the International Office of the Trademark Office;
(2) Review
The International Bureau shall formally examine the application documents;
(3) Submit to the International Bureau
After the formal examination of the International Bureau is passed, it shall be submitted to the International Bureau for formal examination;
(4) issue certificates
The application procedures for trademark international registration are complete, and the International Bureau will issue a trademark international registration certificate in about 6 months (the effect is equivalent to the acceptance notice of China);
(5) Designated country review
The international bureau will provide the application to the designated protection country for examination;
(6) Designate countries that have approved protection.
Designated countries applying for international registration of trademarks decide whether to protect them according to their respective domestic laws.
2. Registration information
(1) Name and address of the applicant in Chinese and English;
(2) the e-mail address of the applicant;
(3) Basic application/registration number;
(4) trademark design;
(5) which countries are clearly designated;
(6) Business license and power of attorney (stamped with company official seal and color scanned copy);
(7) If the United States is designated, form MM 18 (signed and scanned by the relevant person in charge of the applicant company) is also required.
3. License period
After submitting the application and paying the fee on time, you can get the international trademark registration certificate in about 6 months. If the designated country fails to send a rejection notice to the International Bureau within 12 months (member of the agreement) or 18 months (member of the protocol) from the date of registration of the international trademark by the International Bureau, the trademark will be automatically protected in the designated country.
4. Preventive measures
(1) The applicant shall meet the following conditions: the applicant shall be an individual, enterprise or other organization that is a party to the Madrid system, or may apply to the World Intellectual Property Organization on the basis of a trademark registered in China; A basic trademark can be a trademark that has been accepted or registered in China.
(2) The name and address of the Madrid applicant should be consistent with the basic application/registration;
(3) The scope of goods/services applied for in Madrid can be less than or equal to the scope of goods/services applied for in the basic application, but it cannot exceed the original basic application scope;
(4) Because some member countries have adopted their own classification tables of goods/services on the basis of the classification of Nice Code (usually more detailed than the classification of Nice Code), it is easy to issue review opinions due to the description of goods.
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