The business scope of trademark agency includes all trademark-related legal acts, mainly including trademark application, trademark registration, trademark disputes and objections. Trademark rights protection and other business content. An agent who performs trademark agency work is called a trademark agent, and there are no special agents in other intellectual property categories.
Patent agents must be accredited by the state before they can represent patent affairs, otherwise they are called black agents. To obtain the qualification of patent agent, it is required to obtain a nationally recognized bachelor's degree or above in science and engineering, and obtain a graduation certificate. After passing the patent agent examination and obtaining the qualification certificate, I worked as an intern in a patent agency for one year and became a patent agent after obtaining the practice certificate. 1 1 month, the first weekend exam, the pass rate is about 10%. You can go to the patent office website to see if your major is in the designated science and engineering catalogue, and then decide whether to register.
What do you say about the employment prospects? If you focus on the future, it is definitely promising, and it is difficult to get a good salary. If you have a master's degree or above in engineering, and have a strong English, legal background, computer communication and other majors, you can consider entering the industry, but it is difficult at first, so you should be prepared for a long-term struggle.
It should be noted that patent agents are different from lawyers, although they all need to be qualified to represent legal affairs, and they have their own division of labor. Generally speaking, patent agents are limited to dealing with patent-related affairs and are not good at legal affairs other than patents; Lawyers are good at legal affairs other than patents. Due to the limitation of technical background and unfamiliarity with the special provisions of patents, they generally do not have the ability to handle patent affairs.
A person engaged in trademark agency business is called a trademark agent. In the past, they needed professional qualifications to practice. Later, the vocational qualification examination was cancelled and the industry became more and more chaotic. It is said that the professional qualification examination for trademark agents has been planned, but when it is planned is still uncertain.