To this end, the US Trademark Office stipulates that from August 6, 2022, an application for trademark registration in the United States must be signed and submitted by a licensed lawyer in the United States.
If you go to an American lawyer alone and pay by the hour, a trademark will cost about $65,438+0,000. The communication cost is unfamiliar, and the lawyer you find is also at risk of being cheated. The seller lost more than a trademark registration fee.
American standard registration takes a long time. When applying for a trademark, you must choose a regular trademark agency. The price difference of a meal not only loses the application fee of a trademark, but also the cost of later rights protection, the difficulty of obtaining evidence and the time and energy consumed by enterprises.
I suggest you find an agency to help you register American trademarks, and try to choose a company with high credibility and rich experience. Compliance and safety are the most important.
The following are the materials you need to prepare and the registration process for registering American trademarks:
Because of the large number of registered trademarks in the United States, the risk of duplicate names or similarity is high, so the search before registration is particularly important. Before registration, the trademark name can be provided to Xiao Chen for pre-judgment, which reduces the risk of approximate rejection.
I. Apply in one's own name
1, scanned personal ID card
2. Brand name or picture
3. Trademark Category Trademark Information Confirmation Form
4. Use evidence (offline use of charts and online sales links)
Second, apply in the name of the company.
1, scanned copy of business license
2. Brand name or picture
3. Trademark Category Trademark Information Confirmation Form
4. Use evidence (offline use of charts and online sales links)
Three. If you can't provide evidence of use, you can apply for intentional use. The process is as follows:
1. Intention application (application information, trademark information, logo, product details)? The TM tag can be used for submission completion.
2, review (trademark approximation)
3. After the review, release the revised document and verify it (the current review time is 6-8 months).
4. Pay the official fee for the certificate used after the application (check whether it is used) (1-3 months).
5. Notice the announcement time after the amendment is passed.
6. Enter the announcement period? (No third party raised any objection during the announcement period)
7. Issue certificates
Fourth, the process of registering American trademarks.
1. Submit an application for registered trademark to the US Trademark Office.
1-2 working days later, you can get the distribution application number, and about 3-5 working days later, you can find the information of the trademark on the website of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
2. The Trademark Office conducts trademark verification.
It takes about 4-6 months, and there are two kinds of verification results:
Type 1: When your trademark application meets the application requirements and does not violate the law, the trademark registration result will be announced.
Second, in the process of trademark examination, the Trademark Office thinks that there is reason to reject the registration of the trademark and issue a formal opinion. The applicant must reply within three months from the date of issuing the official opinion, otherwise the application will be considered invalid.
After the reply is passed, an announcement will be arranged. If the reply is not passed, the official will issue a final opinion and make an announcement after the problem is solved, otherwise your application will be rejected.
3. If the Trademark Office does not reject the registration of a trademark, it will publish the trademark on the trademark announcement and publish it online every week. After the trademark is approved, it will be published in the announcement for a period of 30 days. Anyone can raise an objection to the Trademark Office. If there is no objection, it will enter the registration stage in about 3 months, and the Trademark Office will approve the registration.
(Note: After the trademark is registered, an oath of use must be submitted every 5-6 years to ensure that the trademark remains valid. The trademark needs to be renewed in the first 10 year after registration, and the second five-year oath is required. )