德国商标注册流程

商标各国都有自己的商标管理部门。特别是有这汽车，电子业巨头的德国也是一样。我国很多企业都纷纷的涌入德国开发自己的业务，这些进入德国的企业都需要注册一个德国商标，从而保障自己的资深不收伤害。德国商标注册流程是怎么样的呢？

      商标查询：在提交德国商标注册申请之前，建议先查询有无相同或近似商标，这样可以提高注册的效率和成功率。

      提交申请：在经过商标查询确定没有相同或者近似商标之后，商标申请人可委托代理方向德国专利商标局提交商标注册申请，进入审核程序。

      形式审查：德国专利商标局在接收到申请后，会对申请的商标进行形式审查，审查内容包括申请文件、商标图样、委托书等文件的合法性。

      实质审查：德国实行的是双重审查，在形式审查后，还需要经过实质审查。实质审查的内容包括商标是否存在相同或者近似商标、是否违反有关商标法的规定等。

      商标公告：商标如果通过了实质审查，德国专利商标局将会在德国官方商标公告上刊登此商标的公告，公告期为3个月(此公告期他人可以提出异议，一旦商标被他人提出异议，申请人可以进行答辩)。

      注册核准：如果公告期没有人异议，或者有人异议，但是申请人答辩成功的，德国专利商标局都将核准注册并下发注册证。整个顺利的申请过程(如果没有驳回、异议等情况出现)大概需要6-8个月。

      德国商标注册有效期：从申请日起算10年，注册有效期满后需继续使用的，应在注册有效期满前6个月申请续展注册，每次续展注册有效期为10年。

Each trademark country has its own trademark management department. Especially with this car, so does Germany, the electronics giant. Many enterprises in China have poured into Germany to develop their own business. These enterprises entering Germany need to register a German trademark, so as to protect their seniority from harm. What is the process of German trademark registration ?

 

Trademark inquiry : Before submitting the application for German trademark registration, it is recommended that the Shenzhen Asian Union Intellectual Property Platform now inquire whether there are identical or similar trademarks, which can improve the efficiency and success rate of registration.

 

Submit application : After the trademark query to determine that there is no same or similar trademark, the trademark applicant can entrust the agent to submit a trademark registration application to the German Patent and Trademark Office, and enter the audit process.

 

Formal review : After receiving the application, the German Patent and Trademark Office will conduct formal review of the application trademark, including the legality of the application documents, trademark drawings, and proxy documents.

 

Substantive review : Germany implements a dual review, after the formal review, it also needs to undergo substantive review. The content of substantive examination includes whether the trademark has the same or similar trademark, whether it violates the provisions of the relevant trademark law and so on.

 

Trademark announcement : If the trademark has passed the substantive examination, the German Patent and Trademark Office will publish the trademark announcement in the German official trademark announcement. The announcement period is 3 months ( in this announcement period, others can object, once the trademark is objected by others, the applicant can respond ).

Registration approval : If there is no objection during the announcement period, or someone disagrees, but the applicant ' s reply is successful, the German Patent and Trademark Office will approve the registration and issue the registration certificate. The whole application process ( if there is no rejection, objection, etc. ) will take about 6-8 months.

 

German trademark registration validity : 10 years from the date of application, after the expiration of registration validity to continue to use, shall apply for renewal of registration 6 months before the expiration of registration validity, each renewal of registration validity for 10 years.