德国商标注册所需材料和资格审查流程

一、德国商标简介

1、德国法律规定商标权的取得基于注册。

2、在德国，商品商标、服务商标和集体商标可以依法申请注册。

3、德国采用的是商标注册用商品和服务的国际分类。但是，申请注册商标时，一个申请可以包括多个类别的商品或服务，只是申请人应当按类别的多少缴纳规费。

4、目前，德国是《保护工业产权巴黎公约》、《商标国际注册马德里协定》、《商标注册用商品和服务国际分类尼斯协定》和世界知识产权组织的成员国。德国于1995年12月20日认可《马德里协定议定书》，该议定书于1996年4月1日在德国境内生效。

二、德国商标注册申请所需资料

1、以法人申请，附《营业执照》或有效登记证明复印件加盖公章1份；以自然人申请附个人身份证明文件1份；

2、申请人的详细信息（中英文），包括姓名或名称，性质、国籍以及详细地址、邮编，联系方式；

3、电子版商标标样；

4、商品名称和类别。

三、德国商标的申请和注册

1、申请人资格：德国法律规定，仟何希望在商业活动中使其商品或服务区别于他人的商品或服务的人均可以向德国专利局提出申请注册商标。联邦法律还规定，在德国没有营业所的申请人只有在其设有营业所的国家接受德国的商标或服务商标并且予以和其本国的商标相同的待遇时才依法在德国申请商标保护。

2、申请流程（顺利情况）：

（１）形式审查：申请递交后对提交的申请文件、商标图样、委托书等文件进行的合法性审查；符合规定的，将授予申请日和申请号。

（2）实质审查：根据法律审查商标是否具有可注册性、是否与在先注册的商标相同或近似、是否违背商标法的禁用条款。对于不通过实质审查的商标，审查官将书面通知申请人，并告知驳回理由。申请人在接到该驳回通知之日起限期内可提交复审，否则，该申请将被视为放弃，申请日和申请号均不予保留。

（3）公告：经审查，审查官认为商标申请可以被接受后，便会在德国官方商标公告上刊登公告。自公告日3个月为异议期。

（4）注册核准：经异议被裁定可以注册的商标，或经公告没有异议的商标将获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。

３、有效期：从申请日起算10年，注册有效期满需继续使用的，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。

1. Introduction to German trademarks

1. German law provides that the acquisition of trademark rights is based on registration.

( 2 ) In Germany, commodity trademarks, service trademarks and collective trademarks can apply for registration according to law.

( 3 ) Germany adopts the international classification of goods and services for trademark registration. However, when applying for a registered trademark, an application may include multiple categories of goods or services, but the applicant should pay the fees according to the number of categories.

4. At present, Germany is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks, the Niss Agreement on International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Germany ratified the Madrid Protocol on December 20, 1995, which entered into force in Germany on April 1, 1996.

 

2.The information needed for German trademark registration application

1. At the application of a legal person, a copy of the ' business license ' or valid registration certificate shall be affixed with a seal ; 1 personal identification document attached to a natural person application ;

2. Details of the applicant ( English and Chinese ), including name, nature, nationality, address, postcode and contact details ;

3. Electronic trademark samples ;

4. Commodity name and category.

3. Application and registration of German trademarks

1. Applicant qualification : German law provides that everyone who wants to make their goods or services different from others in commercial activities can apply for registered trademarks to the German Patent Office. Federal law also stipulates that applicants who have no place of business in Germany apply for trademark protection in Germany only when they accept the German trademark or service trademark in the country where they have a place of business and give the same treatment as their own trademark.

2. Application process ( smooth ) :

( 1 ) Form review : the legality review of the application documents, trademark drawings, commissions and other documents submitted after the application is submitted ; if the requirements are met, the application date and application number will be granted.

( 2 ) Substantive examination : examination under the law of whether a trade mark is registrable, whether it is the same or similar as a previously registered trade mark and whether it is contrary to the terms of prohibition of the trademark law. For the trademark that does not pass the substantive examination, the examiner will notify the applicant in writing and inform the reason for the rejection. The applicant can submit a review within the time limit from the date of receiving the notice of rejection. Otherwise, the application will be considered to be abandoned, and neither the application date nor the application number will be retained.

( 3 ) Announcement : After examination, the examiner thinks that the trademark application can be accepted, it will be published in the German official trademark announcement. Three months from the announcement date is the objection period.

( 4 ) Registration and approval : the trademark which is ruled to be registered by objection, or the trademark which is not objection by announcement will be approved to be registered and issued a registration certificate. The whole application process ( if there is no rejection, objection, etc. ) will take about 6-8 months.

3 、 Validity : from the date of application for 10 years, the registration validity period expires need to continue to use, should be in the registration validity period of 6 months before the application for renewal registration, each renewal registration validity period is 10 years.