Can I apply for a patent for the name of the store? No matter what store I open, I need a store name to let more consumers remember our store. Some bosses want to apply for patents for their own shops, but in fact such a situation does not exist. The following are the names of shops that can apply for patents.
Store name 1 Can I apply for a patent? 1. Can I apply for a patent for the company name?
You can apply for a patent in the name of the company.
According to the provisions of Article 6 of the Patent Law, inventions made by performing the tasks of the entity or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the entity belong to service inventions. The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to the unit; After the application is approved, the entity shall be the patentee.
The right to apply for a patent for a non-service invention-creation belongs to the inventor or designer; After the application is approved, the inventor or designer shall be the patentee.
Where an invention-creation completed by making use of the material and technical conditions of the entity has a contract with the inventor or designer to stipulate the right to apply for a patent and the ownership of the patent, such agreement shall prevail.
Second, what are the meanings of the three categories in the patent right?
(a) the patent right is the exclusive right granted by the state to the patentee for a certain period of time.
(2) A patent is an invention protected by the patent law, which generally includes inventions, utility models and designs.
(3) A patent is a patent document, the main part of which is a patent specification that records the contents of the invention and creation.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law Article 2 Invention-creation as mentioned in this Law refers to inventions, utility models and designs.
Invention refers to a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or its improvement.
Utility model refers to a new practical technical scheme for the shape, structure or combination of products.
Appearance design refers to a new design with aesthetic feeling and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or combination of products and the combination of colors, shapes and patterns.
Third, the benefits of companies applying for patents.
(1) Having technological achievements protected by the patent law, and not afraid of "leaking secrets" or the loss of technological achievements caused by the "job-hopping" of technicians of the unit.
(B) increased the stock of intangible assets and improved the quality of enterprises.
(three) can monopolize the "monopoly" of the patented product sales market, and independently implement the patent to obtain economic benefits.
(four) to obtain economic benefits through the transfer of patented technology or the implementation of patent licensing.
(5) Patented technology can be used as a selling point for product promotion and improve product grade.
(six) the patent right can be used for pledge and loan to the bank; Or as a guarantee for financing.
(seven) when the number of patents reaches a certain level, you can apply for science and technology enterprises to enjoy preferential policies such as government taxation and export trade, as well as the premise of bidding for major projects.
(eight) to claim compensation from the patent infringer.
Can I apply for a font size patent? 1. Procedures for applying for patent of font size.
The name of the store does not belong to the authorized scope of the patent right, so the name of the store cannot be patented. After the store name is registered as an individual industrial and commercial household or company in the industrial and commercial bureau, it naturally obtains the "trade name right".
The trade name right enjoys exclusive rights in the place where the trade name is registered. The name of the store can also be registered in the Trademark Office of the International Administration for Industry and Commerce. After the application is approved, announced and registered, the name has the trademark right. The trademark is protected in the registered category or similar category and enjoys the exclusive right.
2. What are the procedures for applying for a hotel name patent?
General restaurant names cannot be patented, but they can apply for trademarks.
(1) You can go to the registration hall of the local trademark office in person or entrust a trademark agency to handle it.
(2) Information required for application: trademark pattern, scope of goods or services used for trademark registration, and identification documents: copies of business licenses and personal identity cards of individual industrial and commercial households are required.
(3) Application procedures:
(1), trademark inquiry comes first, and if it is not identical or similar in advance, you can make application documents and submit an application;
2. About 3 months after the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will send you an application acceptance notice. This stage is called the formal review stage.
(3) After the formal review is completed, it will take about 9 months to enter the substantive review stage.
(4) If the substantive examination is qualified, it will enter the announcement procedure, which lasts for 3 months.
When the announcement expired, no one raised any objection. You can get the registration certificate.
Article 22 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * An applicant for trademark registration shall fill in the category and name of the goods using the trademark in accordance with the prescribed commodity classification table and apply for registration.
An applicant for trademark registration may apply for the registration of the same trademark for many kinds of goods through one application.
Applications for trademark registration and other relevant documents may be submitted in written form or in the form of data messages.
3. What are the principles of trademark registration?
Trademark registration needs to follow the following principles:
1, the principle of combining voluntary registration with compulsory registration. Most trademarks in China adopt the principle of voluntary registration. Producers and operators of commodities (mainly cigarettes, cigars and packaged cut tobacco) that are required to use registered trademarks according to national laws and administrative regulations must apply for trademark registration. Without approval, goods may not be sold in the market.
2. The principle of uniqueness. The trademark applied for registration shall have distinctive features and be easy to identify, and shall not conflict with the' legal rights' previously obtained by others (such as design patent right, name right and copyright).
3. The principle of trademark legality. A trademark applying for registration shall not use any sign prohibited by law. Registered trademarks using geographical names shall remain valid. Without authorization, the agent or representative registers the trademark of the principal or the principal in his own name, and the principal or the principal raises an objection.
Not registered, forbidden to use. If a trademark contains a geographical indication of a commodity, and the trademark does not come from the area marked by the mark, misleading the public, it shall not be registered and its use shall be prohibited; The place name has other meaning or is part of a collective trademark or certification trademark; Registered trademarks using geographical names shall remain valid.
4. When examining and announcing the application for trademark registration, if two or more applicants for trademark registration apply for registration with the same or similar trademarks on the same commodity or similar commodities, the trademark of the earlier application shall be preliminarily examined and announced; Where an application is filed on the same day, the prior trademark shall be preliminarily examined and announced, and the application of others shall be rejected without announcement.
5. The principle of prohibiting cybersquatting. When applying for trademark registration, a trademark that has been used by others and has certain influence shall not be registered first by improper means.
Can I apply for a font size patent? How much does it cost to apply for a font size patent?
According to the provisions of the patent law, the name of the store cannot be patented, and the problems of the store do not meet the conditions for patent granting, but you can apply for trademark rights.
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patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 25 No patent right shall be granted to the following projects:
(1) scientific discoveries;
(2) rules and methods of intellectual activities;
(3) Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
(4) Species of animals and plants;
(5) substances obtained by nuclear transformation;
(six) the design of the pattern, color or the combination of the two.
The production method of the products listed in Item (4) of the preceding paragraph may be granted a patent right in accordance with the provisions of this Law.