如何办理德国商标注册

德国是《保护工业产权巴黎公约》、《商标国际注册马德里协定》、《商标注册用商品与服务国际分类尼斯协定》以及世界知识产权组织的成员国；在德国，商标可分为商品商标、服务商标和集体商标。下面来给大家介绍一下如何办理德国商标注册。

一、德国商标注册申请条件

德国的商标法规定，德国商标注册申请人可以是任何国家或地区的企业、事业单位、社会团体、工商业者、或自然人。但在德国没有营业所的申请人只要在其设有营业所的国家接受德国的商标并且予以和其本国的商标相同的待遇时才能依法在德国申请商标保护。

二、德国商标注册所需材料

1.以法人名义注册德国商标的需提交《营业执照》或者有效登记证明复印件加盖公章1份；以自然人名义注册德国商标的需提交个人身份证明文件1份。

2.申请人的详细信息（中英文），包括姓名或名称、性别、国籍、详细地址、邮政编码和联系方式。

3.电子版商标标样。

4.商品名称和类别。

三、德国商标注册流程

1.形式审查

对提交的德国商标注册申请的申请文件、商标图样、委托书等文件进行合规性审查，符合规定的，将给出申请日和申请号。

2.实质审查

依法审查该德国商标注册申请是否具备可注册性，是否与在先注册商标存在相同或者近似，是否违反《德国商标法》的禁用条款。实质审查不合格的，审查官将书面通知申请人并说明驳回理由，申请人可以在收到驳回通知书后提交复审，否则视为放弃该德国商标注册申请，申请日和申请号也不予保留。

3.商标公告

实质审查通过后，将在德国官方商标公告中予以公告，自公告之日起3个月内为异议期。

4.核准注册

无异议或异议不成立的德国商标注册申请将被核准注册，并下发德国商标注册证书。德国商标的有效期为自申请日起10年，可续展，每次续展后有效期为10年。

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 ; in Germany, trademarks can be divided into commodity trademarks, service trademarks and collective trademarks. Here ' s how to register German trademarks.

 

1. Conditions of application for registration of German trademarks

German trademark law provides that the applicant for German trademark registration may be an enterprise, institution, social organization, industrial and commercial person or natural person in any country or region. However, applicants who do not have a place of business in Germany can apply for trademark protection in Germany only if they accept German trademarks in the country where they have a place of business and treat them the same as their own trademarks.

 

( 2 ) Material for German trademark registration

1.German trademark registration in the name of a legal person needs to submit a ' business license ' or a copy of the valid registration certificate with a seal ; one personal identification document should be submitted for the registration of German trademarks in the name of a natural person.

2. Details of the applicant ( English and Chinese ), including name, sex, nationality, address, postal code and contact details.

3. Electronic trademark samples.

4.Commodity name and category.

3. German trademark registration process

1. Formal review

The application documents, trademark drawings, commissions and other documents submitted for German trademark registration are examined in compliance. If they meet the requirements, the application date and application number will be given.

2. Substantive review

To examine in accordance with the law whether the German trademark registration application is registered, whether it is the same or similar as the prior registered trademark, and whether it violates the prohibition clause of the German trademark law. If the substantive examination fails, the censor will notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons for rejection. The applicant can submit a review after receiving the rejection notice, otherwise it is regarded as abandoning the German trademark registration application, and the application date and application number are not retained.

3. Trademark announcements

After the adoption of substantive review, it will be announced in the German official trademark announcement, and the objection period will be within 3 months from the date of the announcement.

4.Approval of registration

Applications for registration of German trademarks without objection or objection shall be approved and a certificate for registration of German trademarks shall be issued. The validity period of German trademark is 10 years from the application date, which can be renewed, and the validity period after each renewal is 10 years.