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Trademark Filing For China

Filing Requirements: 

  • Chinese Trademark Office requires Chinese translation of the applicant’s name and address. If the applicant does not have a corresponding Chinese name, we can suggest one which can be confirmed by the applicant. Please note that for those applicants, who have more than one, applied for registration of trademarks in China, the names and addresses shall be consistent.
  • If the applicant is a natural person, a copy of his/her ID or passport or Driver’s License on which his or her Nationality and ID number can be noticed.
  • The International class(es), and the specified goods/services

Trademark specimens

  • Ten trademark reproductions in black and white for one trademark in one class shall be provided. If color is to be protected, 10 colored and 2 in black and white trademark reproductions shall be provided.
  • The reproductions shall be clear, and sized between 5 cm x 5 cm and 10 cm x 10 cm.

Power of attorney:
No notarization or legalization is required. If time is pressing, a copy of executed power of attorney can be faxed or emailed to us first, with the original to be mailed to us as soon as possible.

 

Priority document:
if priority is claimed. Where priority is claimed, a certified copy of the priority documents including information regarding the priority filing date, number and country shall be provided.

Where priority is claimed, the applicant shall be the same, and the goods/services in said application document shall not exceed the scope of the priority application.

The priority document may be filed at a later date, but no later than 3 months from the date of filing the application. One copy of a certificate issued by competent authorities authorizing manufacture in the home country in the case of a trademark covering pharmaceutical products for human use. A certificate of the Chamber of Commerce of the home country is sufficient.

Certificate Mark Applications:
Certificate qualifying the subject, notarized.

A Power of Attorney in duplicate (one original):

no notarization is required if reciprocity exists.