Latest China Trademark Examination Time! Gold Keen provides you with the strategy of applying for China trademark! If there are previous cases in the search of China trademarks, you can evaluate the revocation of others trademark when applying. If the other party hasn't used it for three years, the trademark can be successfully revoked.
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However, the current trial time for trademark revocation in China is eight months. The examination of the new trademark application is less than half a year. Therefore, if you obtain China trademark rights through the revocation procedure, you must remember to apply for reexamination even when the application is rejected. China trademark reexamination fee is expensive. However, apply for a reexamination after the application, it's possible to avoid other similar or same-name cases being registered successfully during this period!
According to the latest statistics from the China trademark software supplier "Guofang", the time for trademark application in China is 5 months (the actual application time is about 7-10 months), and the reexamination time is 7 months. Therefore, if a company lays out a trademark in China and hopes to save the cost of revocation, it can also apply for application and apply for revocation when being rejected. But the specific operation and planning are different for each case. It's also possible to successfully register through reexamination only. It's best to let Gold Keen IP specialists to evaluate the most accurate for you!
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Average time required for examination of programs of trademark applications (statistical date: November 25, 2019)
Data source: Guofang
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Programs
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Average time required
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Application
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5
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Responding to Office Action
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7
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Claim priority
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1
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Re Examination of Non-registrable
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12
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Opposition
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12
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Revocation of the application that registered trademarks has become the generic name of goods/services
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7
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Re Examination of Revocation
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12
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Revocation of registered trademarks that haven’t been used for three consecutive years
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8
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Change of trademark agent
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1
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Change of trademark applicant/registrant/address
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1
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Reissue change/transfer/renewal certificate
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1
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Reissue registration certificate
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2
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Issue a trademark registration certificate
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2
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Application regarding changes
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6
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Application for deletion of goods/services
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1
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Alternative of trademark license
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1
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Change of trademark license contract
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4
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Early termination of trademark license contract
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3
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Renewal
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1
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Application for trademark cancellation
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2
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Registration of assignment
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4
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Remarks: 1. The time required for trademark registration application = trademark application rejection date-trademark application date 2. The above data is the average of 100 data collected from various trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office and the Trademark Committee. There will be differences in the application time required for other cases. The average examination time is for reference only and has no legal effect. 3. Date of data statistics: November 25, 2019 (monthly statistics) |
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