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Frequently
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How
much is the trademark registration in China for one class?
525 US$, governmental fee is 150 US$, our fee 375 US$.
Are there some other extra fees?
For one class you can specify 10 goods or service. More
than 10, more fee. For each one additional goods or service,
20 US dollars, which is merely governmental fee, our fee:
none. Which classes do you recommend?
Class 7.
Which information's do you need from our side?
We only need you to fill 2 forms, one is the Power of
Attorney with your signiture, the other is the application
form together with 15 printed copies of your mark image,
among them 2 copies of black and white, image size should
not be larger than 10x10cm, not smaller than 5x5cm.
What is the registration procedure like and how long
will the registration procedure last?
The procedure is like this:
We submit to the Trademark Office of China the application
material, in one month, the Office gives us an Acception
Acknowledgement(after doing some formal examination).
Then the Office will do preliminary examination, after
the preliminary examination, if there is no problem, the
Office will publish a preliminary examination proclamatory
on the Trademark Gazette. Time from acception to publishing
cannot be specified. According to our experience it should
not be longer than 6 to 9 months. After publishing the
preliminary examination gazette, there is 3 months for
the public to check and raise opposition. If in the 3
months, no oppostion raised, the Trademark Office will
publish a registration proclamatory on the Trademark Gazette.
One and a half months after that we will get the Trademark
Registration Certificate.
Time above-mentioned amounts to 1 year approximately according
to our experience.
The Office officially says the time is 14 to 18 months,
if the preliminary examination does not pass and re-examination
needed or the public files opposition, the time will be
longer.
The following is the summary:
| Submit
material -> Formal Examination -> Acception Acknowledgement |
1 months |
| Preliminary
Examination -> Gazette Publishing |
not certain |
| Time for
Public Examination |
3 months |
| Registration
Proclamatory -> Certificate |
1.5 months |
| Total |
14-18
months or longer |
How long will the registration be valid?
Once you get the Trademark Certificate, your mark is
a registered trademark.
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Concerning
Other Intellectual Property Issues in China
In Mainland China, affairs concerning patent, copyright, trade mark,
domain name are in the charge of different government departments.
Patent
Law of the People's Republic of China
Copyright
law of the People's Republic of China
Trademark
Law of the People's Republic of China
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| International
Treaties Concerning Trademark Legal Protection that
Mainland China Participates in
Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property >China
became party to the Convention on March 19, 1985.
Madrid
Agreement Concerning the International Registration
of Marks > China became party to the Agreement
on October 4, 1989
Protocol
Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International
Registration of Marks>China became party
to the Agreement in September, 1995.
Nice
Agreement Concerning the International Classification
of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration
of Marks
>China became party
to the Agreement on August 9, 1994.
Madrid
Agreement for the Repression of False and Deceptive
Indications of Source on Goods>China has
not joined the Agreement yet.
Lisbon
Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin
and their International Registration>China
has not joined the Agreement yet.
Vienna
Agreement Establishing an International Classification
of the Figurative Elements of Marks>China
has
not joined the Agreement yet.
Nairobi
Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol >China
has not joined the Agreement yet. |
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questions? Please contact us:
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Tel:
+86-10-86070000(English) |
| Fax: +86-10-62026442 |
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Zip code: 100028 |
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Postbox: No.100088 Mail-box ,104 branch ,Beijing
,China |
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E-mail: chinatrademarkdatabase@gmail.com |
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Address: Room 213,No.14 Shuguangxili, Chaoyang,
Beijing ,China |
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