(1) trademark
The conditions that an applicant for trademark registration must meet: The applicant for trademark registration must be an established enterprise, institution, social organization and individual industrial and commercial household. Materials to be submitted when applying for trademark registration: copy of business license, identity certificate of agent, three copies of application for trademark registration, letter of introduction from the company, and trademark standard pattern 10 * 10. Others:
1. When applying for trademark registration of drugs, medical foods and children's foods, the certification documents issued by the health administrative department shall be attached.
2, submit the application for registration of cigarettes, cigars and packaged cut tobacco, shall be accompanied by the national tobacco authorities approved the production and certification documents.
3. Where the name of a newspaper or magazine is used as an application for trademark registration, a newspaper registration certificate with a unified serial number (CN) issued by the Press and Publication Administration shall be submitted. Time required for trademark registration process: applying for trademark inquiry, reporting to the State Trademark Office, formal examination, substantive examination, preliminary examination announcement and approval of registration. Time required: trademark inquiry 1-2 days; After the declaration, the formal review is 7- 14 days, the substantive review is 9- 15 months, and the preliminary examination announcement is 3 months.
(2) Patents
There are three kinds of patent applications: invention, utility model and design. You may apply for a patent for invention for a new technical scheme proposed for a product, method or improvement; You can apply for a patent for utility model for a new technical scheme that is suitable for practical use according to the shape, structure or combination of products; A new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application is made according to the shape, pattern or combination of them, and the combination of color and shape and pattern, and can apply for a patent for design.
1. Where an application for a patent for invention is filed, the application documents shall include: a request for a patent for invention, a specification (attached with drawings when necessary), a patent claim, an abstract and its drawings in duplicate. To apply for a patent for utility model, the application documents shall include: the request for a patent for utility model, the specification, the drawings of the specification, the claims, the abstract and the drawings in duplicate.
2. When applying for a patent, the applicant shall directly submit or mail the application documents to the reception office of China National Intellectual Property Administration Patent Office (hereinafter referred to as the reception office of the Patent Office) or the patent agency established in China National Intellectual Property Administration. At present, China National Intellectual Property Administration patent agencies have been established in Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Changsha, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Harbin and Changchun. The national defense patent branch specializes in accepting national defense patent applications.
3. The application documents for a patent for invention or utility model shall be arranged in the following order: request, abstract of specification, appended drawings of abstract, patent claim, specification, appended drawings of specification and other documents. The application documents for a patent for design shall be arranged in the order of the request, the picture or photograph and a brief explanation. All parts of the application documents shall be numbered in Arabic numerals.
4. There are specific requirements for the filling and writing of application documents. The applicant can fill in or write by himself, or entrust a patent agency to handle it on his behalf. Although it is not mandatory to entrust a patent agency, considering the importance of carefully writing the application documents and the legal rigor of the examination and approval procedures, it is worth promoting for applicants with little experience.
(3) Copyright
Copyright refers to the right of a unit or individual to print, publish and sell a work according to law. Anyone who wants to copy, translate, adapt or perform needs permission from the copyright owner, otherwise it will infringe on the rights of others. The essence of intellectual property rights is to treat human intellectual achievements as property. Copyright is the original author of literary, artistic and scientific works, and it is a civil right enjoyed by his works according to law.
1. The applicant submits the registration application materials-the registration agency checks the received materials-informs the applicant to pay the registration fee-the registration agency accepts the application-examines it-produces and issues the registration certificate-and announces it.
2. In China, copyright comes into being from the date of creation, and copyright registration is not a prerequisite for obtaining copyright. However, the certificate of copyright registration is a preliminary certificate of registered items, which can be used as a certificate to claim rights or bring administrative treatment or rights dispute litigation.
Computer software can be registered through China Copyright Protection Center; Other original works: writing, art, photography, movies, music, architectural works, engineering design drawings, etc. , can be registered by the provincial copyright registration department.