Documents required to register a U.S. trademark:
1. The trademark to be applied for;
2. Applicant’s information (company/individual);
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3. International classification;
4. Proof that the trademark has been used (if not, the official fee will be 100USD higher);
5. The applicant's address.
1. Application steps:
1. Check the trademark to make sure that the trademark to be applied for has not been registered yet, so the chance of successful application is higher. Once the trademark application fee is paid, it will not be refunded. Note: The query results are not equal to the application results. You can reduce the risk of registration rejection through duplication checking.
Open the official website of the US Trademark Office: https://www.uspto.gov/
2. Submit the application.
Prepare the above list of required information to start submitting the registration application. Since the implementation of new regulations on U.S. trademarks on August 3, 2019, U.S. trademark applications must appoint a U.S. lawyer to apply to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of the company or individual.
3. Trademark acceptance. After submitting the trademark application, it will take about 1-2 weeks to receive the trademark application reply. You can also regularly check the progress of your trademark application through the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system.
4. Review by the Trademark Office. During the review process, the trademark may be determined not to be registered for various reasons. The review lawyer will issue a review decision stating the reasons for rejection and any technical or procedural issues in the application. problem. If an examination decision is received, a defense must be submitted within 6 months from the date of issuance of the examination decision, otherwise it will be deemed to have been abandoned.
If only minor modifications are required, the reviewing lawyer will contact the reserved phone number or email address by phone or email.
5. Announcement. If the examining attorney has no objections to the submitted trademark, the examining attorney will approve the trademark to enter the announcement period and publish it in the weekly "Official Gazette". The time is 3 months. If no objection is received to the announcement, the trademark will be registered.
The registered trademark is valid for 10 years. If the trademark applicant has a local government subsidy policy for overseas trademarks or patents, you can also submit a subsidy application after the trademark is certified~
Friends who plan to register a trademark are reminded to arrange registration as soon as possible. The customer had no choice but to change the brand name because the brand name he planned to use in China was registered as a trademark in China and the United States.