The United States is a well -known developed country in the world. The development of the US economic market can be said to be in full swing. Many Chinese companies are looking forward to entering the US market. Essence. So what is the process of US trademark registration? Let ’s take a look with Xiaobian Saibei.
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The U.S. Trademark Patent Trademark Office referred to as PTO. After receiving the application for the US trademark registration submitted by the applicant, the initial form review will be conducted. If the requirements meet the requirements, the PTO will issue the date and submit the registration application, and issue a notice of the trademark acceptance. If it does not meet the requirements, the PTO will return all application materials and application fees to the applicant.
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After PTO submitted for 4 months, the application trademark will enter the substantial review stage. The pto reviewer will further review and finally decide whether the trademark can be registered. Similar, or the description of the application of goods and services is irregular, if unqualified, the examiner will send a letter to inform the trademark for rejection of the application for registration. The applicant needs to reply within 6 months. The application is deemed to be invalid. If the response of the applicant is not established, the examiner will eventually reject. Applicants can appeal to trademark review and appeal committee.
3. Announcement of the US trademark registration announcement
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After the trademark can be registered after review and confirmation, it will enter a three -month announcement stage. If no one proposes to obeys, it will be allowed to register. If someone proposes objections, it needs to collect evidence for defense.
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For examplePlease use the statement of goodwill to use the trademark, PTO will issue notices 12 weeks later. Applicants can submit a statement in 6 months (1) to submit a statement, or (2) apply for a 6 -month extension period. This period can be extended only when specially marked. After submitting and passing the statement, the PTO will issue a registration certificate.
5. Validity of American trademark registration
The validity period is ten years. However, applicants need to provide an oath in the sixth year to show the application for the application to continue to exist.
The above is the process of registered in the United States trademark. The company registered the United States trademark. The trademark registration is recommended to choose a professional agency. As a professional trademark agency, the Saibe intellectual property platform can provide different, customized trademark registration services and trademark protection strategies.
The United States is an important trade exporter in China, and with the rapid development of cross -border e -commerce, the more More Chinese companies and individuals began to join the army of cross -border sellers. \u0026 ldquo; Brand goes out of sea, trademarks first \u0026 rdquo; and overseas trademark trademarks are standard.
The American trademark system and requirements are different from the Chinese trademark registration, such as the main book and auxiliary book, actual use and intention, etc. It is not involved in Chinese trademark registration. So what do you need to pay attention to when applying for US trademark registration in 2022?
1. Trademark design and naming
\u0026 nbsp; 123] The design and naming of trademarks are mainly to meet the requirements of the trademark law, such as visual similarity (that is, similar), similar sounds (that is, similar pronunciations), similar meaning (that is, different texts but after translation after translation, which means similar meanings after translation. ), Weak signs (that is, low) and the public order and good customs of carrying adverse meanings, they will not be registered. Therefore, applicants should try to avoid using these unregistered signs as trademark applications.
2. Preparation of the application file
\u0026 nbsp; The preparation of the application file, one is complete, the other is that the trademark pattern must be clear, and the third is that the file cannot make an error.These three points belong to the basic points of trademark applications, whether in the middle, the United States, or in any country.
Three. Submit using a statement
[ [ [ 123] Compared with my country's trademark application, US trademarks need to submit a statement and evidence.That is to say, the trademark has been used. If it is not available for the time being, the intention should be submitted and the statement of the trademark uses and the evidence of use must be supplemented in the next few months.Otherwise the trademark will be canceled.
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