How much is the trademark registration in China for one class? 425 US$, governmental fee is 125 US$, our fee 300 US$.
Are there some other extra fees? For one class you can specify 10 goods or service. More than 10, more fee. For each one additional goods or service, 20 US dollars, which is merely governmental fee, our fee: none. Which classes do you recommend? Class 7.
Which information's do you need from our side? We only need you to fill 2 forms, one is the Power of Attorney with your signiture, the other is the application form together with 1 printed copies of your mark image, among them 2 copies of black and white, image size should not be larger than 10x10cm, not smaller than 5x5cm. You can mail or fax the information to us.
What is the registration procedure like and how long will the registration procedure last? The procedure is like this: We submit to the Trademark Office of China the application material, in one month, the Office gives us an Acception Acknowledgement(after doing some formal examination). Then the Office will do preliminary examination, after the preliminary examination, if there is no problem, the Office will publish a preliminary examination proclamatory on the Trademark Gazette. Time from acception to publishing cannot be specified. According to our experience it should not be longer than 6 to 9 months. After publishing the preliminary examination gazette, there is 3 months for the public to check and raise opposition. If in the 3 months, no oppostion raised, the Trademark Office will publish a registration proclamatory on the Trademark Gazette. One and a half months after that we will get the Trademark Registration Certificate. Time above-mentioned amounts to 1 year approximately according to our experience. The Office officially says the time is 14 to 18 months, if the preliminary examination does not pass and re-examination needed or the public files opposition, the time will be longer.
The following is the summary: Submit material -> Formal Examination -> Acception Acknowledgement 1 months Preliminary Examination -> Gazette Publishing not certain Time for Public Examination 3 months Registration Proclamatory -> Certificate 1.5 months Total 18-24 months or longer
How long will the registration be valid? Once you get the Trademark Certificate, your mark is a registered trademark.
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