Ten years from the date of approval of registration. You can apply to the Trademark Office for renewal within six months before the expiration of ten years, and this period becomes an extension period; Within six months after the expiration of the renewal period, you may also apply to the Trademark Office for renewal.
In general, the trademark right is valid for 10 years from the date of application, and can be renewed upon expiration.
Validity of patent:
The validity period of invention patents is 20 years, and the validity period of utility model and design patents is 10 years.
1, Article 42 of the Patent Law stipulates that the term of the invention patent right is 20 years, and the term of the utility model patent right and the design patent right is 10 years, all of which are counted from the date of application.
2. Article 44 of the Patent Law also stipulates that the patent right shall be terminated before the expiration of the time limit under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Failing to pay the annual fee as required;
(2) The patentee waives his patent right in writing. Therefore, if you apply for a patent, besides the annual fee, you should always pay attention to the deadline.
Copyright validity period:
The term of copyright in China is fifty years after the author's death.
But some rights in copyright can be inherited. For example, film rights, publishing rights, adaptation rights and so on.
If Mr. Gu Long has no children and no heirs, then the relevant copyright of Mr. Gu Long should be exercised by the original owner, that is, whoever is the legal holder of the original work can enjoy these rights. I thought the same thing.
The copyright inheritance of Pu Yi's My First Half Life has always been controversial. Some people think that no one should inherit copyright-related rights and should go home!
Copyright is valid for 50 years after the author's death. Therefore, as long as the trademark is renewed, the effective time can be extended. As long as other intellectual property rights have passed the validity period, they will lose their rights protection.