There are two ways to apply for EU trademark registration: one is to entrust a professional trademark registration agency to apply for trademark registration, and the other is for the applicant to apply to the relevant trademark office.
The process of applying for EU trademark registration includes the following six points:
1. Submit an application to the European Internal Market Coordination Bureau, and the authorities will accept the EU trademark application that meets the requirements, and give the application date and application number;
2. After acceptance, the competent authority will conduct prior trademark retrieval and submit an application form for prior trademark retrieval to each member country, and each member country will send the retrieval report to the Internal Market Coordination Bureau within 3 months;
3. After receiving the retrieval report from the member countries, the competent authority shall provide it to the applicant for reference together with the retrieval report of this bureau;
4. The competent authority shall not conduct substantive examination of the applied trademark, and shall make an announcement if the application for registration is initially accepted. Three months from the date of announcement is the objection period, and any natural person or legal person in 25 member countries has the right to object to the trademark. If there is no objection or the objection is untenable, the trademark shall be registered;
5. If the trademark applied by the applicant for registration is rejected (including the trademark application of * * rejected due to objections raised by some member States), the applicant can convert the EU trademark into a separate trademark application of one or several countries within three months, and the original application date and priority date are equally enjoyed;
6. If the trademark that the applicant applied for registration is rejected, and the applicant refuses to accept it, he may apply to the EU Trademark Reexamination Board for reexamination. If there is reason to believe that the reexamination ruling of the EU Trademark Review and Adjudication Board violates the provisions of the Rome Treaty or * * * on the same trademark, he can also appeal to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
It is suggested that the trademark applicant choose to entrust a trademark agency, and the trademark registration agency has professional application consultants and rich experience in trademark application, so as to ensure the smooth progress of trademark registration application. Bajie has been providing customers with trademark registration services at home and abroad, with rich experience and professional guarantee. If necessary, please consult.
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