德国商标注册程序

（一）进行商标查询。申请人应调查是否已注册相同或类似商标。可在德专利商标局慕尼黑总部、耶拿办事处和柏林技术信息中心的商标注册大厅以及该局网站免费查询。也可向位於该国24个大中城市的专利信息中心查询，四周可出结果，收费500欧元（增值税另付）。

（二）递交注册申请。注册书式可从德专利商标局网站下载，除集体商标（协会标志）外，均使用编号W7005的标准申请表。根据填表指南，填写以下內容：邮寄地址、申请人及代理人姓名与地址、该商标说明性文字与图片、所属种类（分文字、图案、声音、三维、线条和其他商标六类）及按《商标注册用商品和服务国际分类表》顺序填写的使用该商标的商品与服务目录。申请时不得附加样品。

已在中国国注册的商标在德享有“外国优先权”，可將在中国（原属国）注册时间申请为在德注册时间。填表时应在相应栏目注明在我国注册时间及注册号，国內注册证等复印件最迟在申请德国商标2个月內补交。如我企业之前6个月內在德联邦司法部公布的展览会上，展出使用该商标的商品或服务，享有“参展优先权”，可申请將展览的第一天作为在德注册时间。展会名录在联邦司法部定期出版的《专利、样品及标识》杂志上公布。

未使用德语填写的表格，应在1个月內补交德国宣誓翻译的翻译文本或经德律师认证的翻译件。

（三）缴纳费用。德国专利商标局收到申请书件后，登记申请日期，编定申请号，向申请人发出受理通知书及《收费通知单》。申请人应在3个月內按数额缴纳，否则视为自动撤回申请。交费方式分三种：在德专利商标局慕尼黑总部、耶拿办事处及柏林技术信息中心缴纳现金；向维登联邦收费处（Bundeskasse Weiden）转帐匯款；授权德专利商标局从有效帐户上扣款。黑白商标与彩色商标收费相同。不收取商标年度管理费。

（四）主管部门审查。確认收到足额匯款后，德国专利商标局確定使用该商标的商品或服务所属的类別，幷將申请信息输入到该局DPinfo电子查询系统，以便申请人隨时瞭解注册进展。检查申请表是否符合填写要求的同时，主要从以下方面审查是否具有可保护性：

1、是否具备商标特性，可代表某种商品或服务，幷区別于其他商品或服务；

2、是否可用文字、图案或綫条等进行描述；

3、是否存在绝对保护障碍，如世界各国主权标志（国旗、国徽等）、国际组织和公共机构标识以及代表商品服务形式、特点等的描述性名词。

表格不规范之处通知申请人限期补正。初步裁定存在绝对保护障碍的，向申请人发出驳回通知单，申请人可在一定期限进行答辩。如仍认定存在该障碍，由德专利商标局中高级官员（或同级技术人员）出具驳回裁定。申请人可在一个月內向该局高级官员提出复审申请，如再次被驳回，可在一个月內向德联邦专利法院申请裁定，之后可继续向联邦法院（Bundesgerichtshof）申请最终裁定。

（五）注册与公告。通过审查后，新商标在德专利商标局的商标注册簿上登记注册，幷在该局网站电子版《商标公告》上公布。申请人获得《商标注册证》。在德注册商标平均耗时10至12个月。申请人缴纳200欧元加急费后，可申请6个月內完成的快速审批。目前不能进行网上商标注册。

( 1 ) Trademark inquiry. The applicant should investigate whether the same or similar trademarks have been registered. Free enquiries are available at the trademark registration lobby of the German Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Munich, the Jena Office and the Berlin Technical Information Centre, as well as at the website of the Office. Also can be located in 24 large and medium-sized cities in the country ' s patent information center query, around the results, the fee of 500 euros ( VAT payment ).

( 2 ) Submitting registration application. The registration form can be downloaded from the website of German Patent and Trademark Office. Except for collective trademarks ( association marks ), the standard application form numbered W7005 is used. In accordance with the form-filling guide, complete the following contents : mailing address, names and addresses of applicants and agents, explanatory text and pictures of the trademark, type of belonging ( six categories of text, pattern, sound, three-dimensional, line and other trademarks ) and the catalogue of goods and services using the trademark in the order of the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration. No sample shall be attached upon application.

 

Trademarks registered in China enjoy ' foreign priority ' in Germany and may apply for registration time in China ( the country of origin ) as registration time in Germany. When filling out the form, the registration time and registration number in China should be specified in the corresponding column, and the copies of domestic registration certificates should be filled in at least 2 months after the application for German trademarks. If our company within six months before the German Federal Ministry of Justice announced the exhibition, exhibit the use of the trademark of goods or services, enjoy ' exhibit priority ', you can apply for the first day of the exhibition as registration time in Germany. The exhibition list is published in the ' Patents, Samples and Marks ' magazine regularly published by the Federal Ministry of Justice.

Forms not filled out in German should be submitted within one month for the translation of German oaths or translations certified by German lawyers.

 

( 3 ) Pay fees. Upon receipt of the application, the German Patent and Trademark Office shall register the application date, set the application number, issue the acceptance notice and the ' fee notice ' to the applicant. The applicant shall pay in accordance with the amount within 3 months, otherwise it shall be deemed to withdraw the application automatically. There are three modes of payment : payment of cash at the German Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Munich, the Jena office and the Berlin Technical Information Centre ; transfer of remittances to Bundeskasse Weiden ; authorizes the German Patent and Trademark Office to deduct money from the valid account. Black and white trademarks have the same fees as color trademarks. No annual trademark management fee is charged.

 

( 4 ) The competent department review. After confirming the receipt of full remittances, the German Patent and Trademark Office determines the category of goods or services that use the trademark, and inputs the application information into the DPinfo electronic query system of the German Patent and Trademark Office, so that the applicant can understand the registration progress at any time. While checking whether the application form meets the filling requirements, it mainly examines whether it is protective from the following aspects :

1 、 Whether has the trademark characteristics, can represent some kind of goods or services, and different from other goods or services ;

2. Whether words, patterns or lines are available for description ;

3. Whether there are absolute barriers to protection, such as the world ' s sovereignty logos ( flags, national emblems, etc. ), international organizations and public institutions logos, as well as descriptive terms representing the form and characteristics of commodity services.

Where the form is not standardized, the applicant is notified of the time limit correction. If there is a preliminary ruling that there is an absolute protection barrier, the applicant shall issue a notice of rejection to the applicant, and the applicant may respond within a certain period of time. If the obstacle is still found, the decision shall be rejected by a senior official ( or equivalent technical staff ) of the German Patent and Trademark Office. The applicant can submit an application for review to the senior officials of the Bureau within one month. If it is rejected again, it can apply for a ruling to the Federal Court of Patent of Germany within one month, and then continue to apply for a final ruling to the Federal Court ( Bundesgerichtshof ).

 

( 5 ) Registration and announcement. After the review, the new trademarks are registered in the trademark registration book of the German Patent and Trademark Office and published in the trademark announcement of the website electronic version of the German Patent and Trademark Office. The applicant received a ' trademark registration certificate '. Registered trademarks in Germany take an average of 10 to 12 months. After the applicant has paid the extra urgent fee of EUR 200, it can apply for rapid approval within six months. Online trademark registration is not currently possible.