01 Trademarks are used by producers and operators of goods on the goods they produce, manufacture, process, select or distribute, or by service providers on the services they provide, and are used to distinguish goods or services. The source of service includes text, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations and sounds, etc., as well as the combination of the above elements. Signs with distinctive characteristics are the products of modern economy.
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Process of applying for a trademark
1. First search for the trademark. If there is no identical or similar one before, you can prepare application documents and submit Applied;
2. About one month after the application is submitted, the Trademark Office will issue you an application acceptance notice (this period is called the formal examination stage).
3. After the formal review is completed, it will enter the substantive review stage, which will take about one to one and a half years.
4. If the substantive examination is passed, it will enter the announcement process (this period is 3 months, also called the objection period);
5. After the announcement period expires, no one raises objections . You can get the registration certificate.
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Patent literally refers to exclusive rights and interests. The word "patent" comes from the Latin word Litterae patentes, which means a public letter or public document. It was used by medieval monarchs to prove certain privileges, and later referred to the exclusive rights certificate signed by the British king himself.
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Patent application process
1. Confirm the type of patent that needs to be applied for.
2. To search for patents of the same type, you can search independently or entrust an agency to conduct a more comprehensive search.
3. Prepare application documents and submit to enter the application steps.
4. Obtain the acceptance notice.
5. Preliminary review. (If it is an invention patent application, the invention patent application must first undergo a confidentiality review before the preliminary review. If confidentiality is required, it will be handled according to confidentiality procedures.
6. Publication stage (specifically refers to invention patent applications).
< p> 7. Substantive examination (especially invention patents). Comprehensive examination of whether the patent application has novelty, creativity, practicality and other substantive conditions stipulated in the patent law.8. Authorization stage. Utility models and designs can directly enter the authorization stage after passing the fifth step of review.