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The United States Trademark Registration |
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The United States Trademark Registration Help
１. Trademark Use: The United States first adopted the use of trademarks, and therefore to use more important than the first register.
２．Trademark Registration: At the same time make an application, prompted a need to use in the United States proved that the，Such as non-use of proven, the application must register before the register will be sworn in how to use, and has been used in the United States to prove documents.
３．Types of trademarks (trademarks are): that he operated merchandise, and there is the will of the use of dedicated should apply for trademark registration.
Service tags: Does it mean that the merchandise, but by express provision of the Services。
４．The United States Trademark Registration Category: The United States used the International Classification of trademarks.
５．The United States trademark application for the time: the United States trademark applications for about 12 ~ 18 months.
６．Dedicated time to the United States Trademark Registration: Registration date from the date of ten years, to apply for renewal after the expiry of the registration. .
７．Notice the use of registered trademarks: Notice required to register every five years after the first, notice is still relevant to prove the use or proposed.
The United States to adopt the use of trademarks, and its protection from the date of the registration period for decades, may be extended several times, each time a decade。If you have to use the trademark in the United States, you can make an application in accordance with the actual use, but at the same time the use of evidence, as well as the use of the United States at the date of。As soon as may be approved at the United States trademark registration; not to use the trade mark, you can use to apply under the scheme，However, it must be approved within six months after the use of certificates and the United States at the date of the use of trademarks, the use of accredited proof of the United States before they can get a trademark registration.
Frist、 Information on trademark applications:
1、 Name and address of the applicant (if the applicant will be responsible for the companys name).
2、Application for goods or services (not limited number of items).
3、 Trademark images (if the trademark black-and-white, simply fax or e-mail me a clear pattern Secretary; if color trademarks, please mail me the Secretary at least three clear color images.)
4、 In terms of "use in the United States" need-based plus
① Trademarks anywhere in the world at the earliest date of use;
② Trademarks used in the United States at the earliest date;
③One can show how to use the trademark in the U.S. sample, such as: a pattern of trademark products, the sample can be in kind or in the form of a photo.
5、In terms of "intent to use" as the foundation to apply for the grant to be used only to prove to be submitted.
6、 If the "national register" as the basic national registration authority issued by the national registration documents to be submitted in the application after the meeting.
Second、 Costs：
1, has been used in the United States: HKD12, 000 / categories;
2, the intention to use: HKD15, 000 / categories;
3, the national register: HKD17, 000 / categories;
Time:
1, the official receipt: 28 working days (not including delivery time);
2, registration required time (in order to successfully apply for more balance):
If ⑴ "in the United States to use" basis: 10-12 months;
In terms of other basic ⑵: 15-18 months;
3, the period of registration: 10 years
Thrid、Trademark application procedures
• Trademark applications filed after two to five months, the applicant received the admissibility of the book Trademark Office(Filing receipt) ；
• Receive trademarks in the United States Patent Office, after the book accepted into the review stage. Trademark lawyer will review the application form and the substance of the review, if the applicant does not meet the requirements, the applicant will receive a rejection letter lawyer review （ Office Action ）；
• Published newspaper. If through the review, or refused to reply by letter, the review can register a trademark lawyer think, will be issued a notice to inform(Notice of Publication) 。
One month notice period. During this period, any third party may raise objections as well as the grounds for objection; • After these procedures, trademarks, the Patent Office issued a "notice of permit" (a notice of allowance), non-registration form;
• Presented "NOTICE permit" after 6 months, the applicant must be provided at commercial real statement of the use of trademarks or trademark applications set aside;
• Trademark Patent Office received the use of the statement true again for review. If the review decision to accept the true use of the statement, issued by a certificate of registration.
From the application to register the certification of the total time for approximately 15-18 months.
Frouth, reserved for trademark applications The applicant can not provide the real use of provisional statement may apply for trademarks reserved. Where warranted, from the "NOTICE permit" from the date an applicant can put forward three years, the Patent Office to trademark the use of the statement true。This means that from the date of application, the applicant has around 4 years in the trademark use of commercial real。Only when the use of the applicant to provide a true statement, in order to obtain trademark registration at this time, the date is valid trademark is still day to apply for registration of trade marks day. fifth、Follow-up of the Trade Marks Registry Trade Marks Registry shall register the trade mark after the first 5 to 6-year period the United States Trademark Patent Office to trademark the use of a statement submitted to the other (Statement of Use), and once again the use of samples provided by trademark。 
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