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Trademark application
After the trademark search is completed, the applicant may file an application for registration with the Trademark Office by himself or by entrusting a legally established trademark agency. Application documents required to submit an application include:
1.) Completed trademark registration application form
2.) Clear logo image
3.) Submit priority documents (if priority is required) within three months from the filing date
Within two months after the filing of an application for trademark registration, the Trademark Registration Office will complete a trademark examination report, setting out whether the trademark can be successfully registered and the relevant registration restrictions. When all the conditions listed in the report are met, the applicant can publish the mark in the Government Gazette. The public has three months from the publication of the Gazette to raise reasons for opposing the trademark. If no objection is raised, the trademark can officially become a registered trademark. If all goes well, the entire trademark registration process will take about six to nine months.
If the trademark owner does not apply for trademark registration and only uses the common law to sue other companies for passing off, the trademark owner needs to provide evidence that it has established sufficient goodwill for the trademark through sales and advertising in the region. year as the basis for the complaint. To make matters worse, other companies have the opportunity to preempt registrations in bad faith, preventing the trademark owner from continuing to use his trademark. Therefore, filing an application for trademark registration as early as possible is the best guarantee.
1.) The "TM" symbol stands for trademark and means to the public that the brand or trademark is a mark that can be used to identify a product or service. This symbol can be used for unregistered and registered trademarks.
2.) "®" stands for registered trademark. According to the current laws of Hong Kong, unregistered trademarks cannot use the "®" symbol
After the trademark search is completed, the applicant may submit a registration application to the Trademark Registry by himself or by entrusting a trademark agency established in accordance with the law. The application documents required to submit the application include:
1.) Completed trademark registration application form2.) Clear trademark image3.) Submit priority documents within three months from the filing date (if priority is required)
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Within two months of submitting an application for trademark registration, the Trademark Registry will complete a trademark examination report, listing whether the trademark can be successfully registered and the relevant restrictions on registration. When all the conditions listed in the report are met, the trademark applicant can publish the trademark in the government gazette. The public can put forward justifications to object to the trademark within three months after the publication of the gazette. If no one raises an objection, the trademark can formally become a registered trademark. The entire The trademark registration process will take about six to nine months if it goes smoothly.
If the trademark owner does not apply for trademark registration and only uses the common law to sue other companies for counterfeiting, the trademark owner needs to provide evidence to prove that it has laid a foundation of sufficient goodwill for the trademark through sales and advertising over the years as a basis for the complaint. To make matters worse, other companies have the opportunity to preemptively register maliciously, causing the trademark owner to be unable to continue to use their trademark. Therefore, filing an application for trademark registration as early as possible is the best guarantee.
1.) The "TM" symbol represents a trademark, which means to show the public that the brand or trademark is a sign that can be used to identify products or services. This symbol can be used for unregistered and registered trademarks.2.) "®" represents a registered trademark. According to the current laws of Hong Kong, unregistered trademarks cannot use the "®" symbol
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