To apply for a trademark in Japan, you need to provide the following information:
1. Name, address and nationality of the applicant.
2, specify the use of goods and their categories.
3. If the trademark to be registered is a color trademark, 6 copies of the trademark pattern shall be provided; If the trademark to be registered is black and white. Only the trademark pattern 1 copy is required. The trademark pattern shall not exceed 15cm* 15cm and shall not be less than 8cm*8cm.
4. If the application claims priority according to the Paris Convention, the country, date and serial number of the original trademark application must be indicated. Submit certified priority documents within 3 months from the date of filing in Japan.
Usually, the whole trademark application and registration procedure in Japan takes about 2 years. If there are special circumstances, the applicant may request to speed up the trial. Unlike the trademark system in China, the Japanese trademark objection procedure follows the registration procedure. After the 1 trademark is registered in Japan, there will be a two-month objection period. If there is no objection to the trademark, China enterprises can safely use the trademark in Japan. The validity period of a registered trademark in Japan is 10 year, and it can be renewed 6 months before the expiration of 10 year.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding article, the following trademarks shall not be registered:
(1) A national flag, chrysanthemum medal, medal, medal or trademark identical with or similar to a foreign national flag;
(2) the Paris treaty (refers to1Paris treaty of March 20, 883 on the protection of industrial ownership, 1900 1 February 14 in Brussels,1910/June 2 in Washington, 19251/kloc-. Lisbon on October 3, 19581and revised in Stockholm on July 4, 19671. The same below. Emblems of the Allies (except the flag of the Allies under the Paris Treaty) and identical or similar trademarks designated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry;
(3) The symbols of international organizations such as the United Nations are the same as or similar to those designated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry;
(4) The logo of the Bai Di Red Cross or a trademark identical with or similar to the name of the Red Cross or the Geneva Red Cross;
(5) In the seals or marks used by the governments of Japan or the Paris Treaty Allies or local public organizations for supervision or certification, the goods with the same or similar marks use the trademarks with the same or similar marks designated by the Minister of International Trade and Industry;
(6) Marks indicating non-profit national or local social organizations or their organs, public welfare social organizations or non-profit public welfare undertakings, and trademarks identical with or similar to famous figures;
(seven) trademarks that may endanger public order or good customs;
(8) Trademarks containing portraits of others or their names or famous nicknames, stage names or pen names or their famous abbreviations (except with my consent);
(9) Granting a trademark with the same or similar mark to a trade fair held by the government or local public organization designated by the director of the franchisor's office (hereinafter referred to as "the government"), or a trade fair held by a person outside the government, or an international trade fair held in a foreign country by a foreign government or a person licensed by a foreign government (except that the winner uses the mark as a part of the trademark);
(10) As a trademark or similar trademark indicating that the goods operated by others have been widely recognized by demanders, it is used on the goods or similar goods;
(1 1) A registered trademark or a trademark similar to it, which has been applied for by others before the date of application for trademark registration, is used for the designated goods to which the trademark registration belongs (referring to the goods designated in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 6, including the application of the first paragraph of Article 68, the same below). ) or similar goods;
(12) Registering a protected trademark with others (refers to a trademark registered with a protected trademark, the same below. ) the same trademark, registered with the protection mark on the designated goods;
(13) The date when the trademark right is extinguished (the date when the trademark registration is judged invalid) is the date when the judgment is confirmed. The same below. ) using the trademark of another person for less than one year on the designated goods or similar goods belonging to the trademark right (except that the person has not used it for more than one year before the date of extinction of the trademark right) or similar trademarks;
(14) According to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 12 quater of the Seedling Law (LawNo. 1 15 in the 22nd year of Showa), a trademark with the same or similar name as the registered variety is used for seedlings or similar commodities of this variety;
(15) Trademarks that are easily confused with commodities handled by others (except those listed in 10 to the preceding paragraph);
(16) Trademarks that may misunderstand the quality of goods.
(2) Where a national or local social organization or its organs, non-profit public welfare organizations or organizations engaged in non-profit public welfare undertakings file an application for trademark registration of the trademarks listed in Item 6 of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply.
(3) Although it is a trademark equivalent to Item 8, Item 1 0 or Item 15 of Paragraph 15, the application for trademark registration does not meet Item 8, Item 10 or Item15 of the contract price, and this provision shall not apply.
(4) According to the provisions of Article 53 bis, the provisions of Item 13 of the first paragraph shall not apply when the claimant of the original trial applies for trademark registration of a trademark whose judgment has been revoked or a trademark similar to it, when the judgment has been confirmed. 、
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