If you want to open a shop, you'd better apply for trademark registration, because applying for a trademark is to protect the brand.
I'm going to apply for a patent! But I don't know anything about it!
If it is a hot pot ingredient, you can apply for a patent. Divided into utility models and invention patents; The utility model is quick, and the scope of invention protection is wide.
How much does this patent cost every year?
After the application, issue a power of attorney and start payment. The application fee is one-off, and then the annual fee is the patent maintenance fee paid to the state every year.
4. Is the application nationwide? If someone has applied under this name before, can I still apply?
This is national. It seems that you are talking about trademark application. Trademark application is the first principle. You can't apply if someone applies before you.