俄罗斯商标申请过程及特别注意

中国正在推进“一带一路”以带动众多国家与中国的共同发展，共同富裕。中国“一带一路”的倡议也为中国周边的国家带来很好的合作发展机会。更是为中俄的经济发展和合作提供了优质的机遇和平台。在中俄两国政府的推动下，这几年来中俄两国的双边贸易也正在快速的增长，俄罗斯是中国友好的盟国，也是中国最重要的出口国之一。同样很过国内的公司在俄罗斯有产品的输出和公司的经营，所以产品如何被很好的保护就成为重要的问题，如果想要自己的品牌在俄罗斯获得合法的保护，那么在俄罗斯申请商标尤为重要。下边我们来聊一聊关于商标申请的问题。

　　俄罗斯商标前要了解这些问题：

　　1.按照正规的法律申请的商标通过俄罗斯已经加入的商标国际组织进行的，是能受到俄罗斯联邦法律保护的。

　　2.俄罗斯商标采用商品和服务国际分类，分为商品商标、服务商标和集体商标的注册。

　　3.俄罗斯加入的国际条约和组织包括：《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》、《商标注册条约》和世界知识产权组织。

　　想在俄罗斯申请商标整个过程需要经历这几个阶段：

　　首先要准备好材料将商标及材料进行提交申请，提交申请后商标局会对商标进行形式审查，初步的审查商标申请的所有材料是否符合要求。形式审查过后商标局会对商标进行实质性审查，这一阶段商标局会根据商标法的规定对商标的整体及细节进行逐一的审查，如果审查不通过可以进行申请复议，如果审查通过商标局就会对您的商标进行审查决定及公告。如果整个过程非常的顺利，没有驳回异议的情况，那么商标申请整个过程大约需要14-16个月。

　　俄罗斯商标申请过程中哪些问题需要特别注意?

　　俄罗斯商标申请提交后，商标知识产权局会对您申请的文件和申请人主体资格进行形式审查。俄罗斯商标申请人主体必须是法人或个体工商户，不能是自然人。形式审查过程大约需要1-2个月，形式审查通过之后商标局会对符合规定的申请核发受理通知书。商标申请的受理书下发之后进入商标的实质性审查。

　　商标实质性审查时间在12个月左右。这一阶段主要核查所申请的商标是否符合法律法规的规定条件及要求，包括相对理由和绝对理由的审查。实质性审查的结果有两种情况：如果顺利通过实质审查商标局会给您下发商标核准申请决定并公告;如果经过实质审查，所申请的商标没有通过审查，或者申请的商标已经有人申请或有近似的商标已经申请，这些情况都不会通过的，商标局会下发商标申请驳回通知。商标申请人可以收到驳回通知之日起6个月内对商标申请提交复审。商标申请顺利通过所有的审查后，商标局将会给您下发商标申请成功的证书。商标申请成功后商标局将立即刊登在官方公告，在公告之日起5年内，他人可以对此商标提起异议。俄罗斯商标申请会遵守“先注册后公告”制度，即采取异议后置。如果有人对您申请的商标产生异议，那么商标只能在获准注册后提交。

　　俄罗斯商标申请需要提前准备商标的申请书、申请人名称、地址、商标及其说明、商标的国际分类;如果申请集体商标的话，还需提交集体商标使用规则。如果没有提交该规则可在知识产权局收到申请之日起2个月内补交。要注意商标申请书及其附件如是别的语言文字的话，要将语言翻译成俄文使用俄文翻译件。

China is promoting the " Belt and Road " to drive the common development and common prosperity of many countries and China. China ' s Belt and Road initiative has also brought good opportunities for cooperation and development to countries around China. It also provides high-quality opportunities and platforms for China-Russia economic development and cooperation. Driven by the Chinese and Russian governments, bilateral trade between China and Russia has also been growing rapidly in recent years. Russia is a friendly ally and one of China 's most important exporters. Similarly, domestic companies have the output of products and the operation of companies in Russia, so how products are well protected becomes an important issue. If they want their own brands to obtain legal protection in Russia, it is particularly important to apply for trademarks in Russia. Next we talk about the trademark application.

Know these questions before the Russian trademark :

 

( 1 ) Trademarks applied in accordance with formal laws can be protected by the laws of the Russian Federation through trademark international organizations that Russia has joined.

2. Russian trademarks are classified by international classification of goods and services into the registration of goods, services and collective trademarks.

3.Russia ' s accession to international treaties and organizations include : ' Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property ', ' Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks ', ' International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration ', ' Trademark Registration Treaty ' and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The whole process of applying for trademark in Russia needs to go through these stages :

 

First of all, we should prepare materials to submit the trademark and materials. After submission of the application, the Trademark Office will examine the form of the trademark and preliminarily examine whether all the materials applied for the trademark meet the requirements. After the formal review, the Trademark Office will conduct a substantive review of the trademark. At this stage, the Trademark Office will review the whole and details of the trademark one by one according to the provisions of the trademark law. If the review is not passed, the application review can be carried out. If the review is passed, your trademark will be reviewed and announced. If the whole process is very smooth without rejecting the objection, the whole process of trademark application will take about 14 – 16 months.

 

What issues need special attention in the process of Russian trademark application ?

 

After the Russian trademark application is submitted, the Trademark Intellectual Property Office will conduct a formal review of your application documents and the applicant ' s subject qualification. The subject of the Russian trademark applicant must be a legal person or individual business, not a natural person. The formal review process will take about 1-2 months. After the formal review, the Trademark Office will issue the acceptance notice of the application which meets the requirements. Substantive examination of the trademark after the issuance of the acceptance of the trademark application.

The trademark substantive review time is about 12 months. This phase mainly checks whether the trademark applied meets the requirements of laws and regulations, including the review of relative and absolute reasons. The results of the substantive review are in two cases : if the substantive review is successfully passed, the Trademark Office will issue you the trademark approval application decision and announcement ; if after the substantive examination, the application of the trademark has not passed the examination, or the application of the trademark has been applied by someone or similar trademark has been applied, these circumstances will not pass, the Trademark Office will issue the trademark application rejection notice. The trademark applicant may submit a review of the trademark application within 6 months from the date of receipt of the rejection notice. After the trademark application passed all the examination, the Trademark Office will issue you a successful trademark application certificate. After the trademark application is successful, the Trademark Office will immediately publish an official announcement. Within five years from the date of the announcement, others can raise objections to this trademark. Russia ' s trademark application will comply with the " registration before announcement " system, that is, to adopt objections after. If there is any objection to the trademark you apply for, the trademark can only be submitted after being approved for registration.

 

Russian trademark application needs to prepare the application form, applicant name, address, trademark and its description, international classification of trademark ; if you apply for a collective trademark, you also need to refer to the collective trademark use rules. If this rule is not submitted, it may be made up within 2 months of the date of receipt of the application by the Intellectual Property Office. Attention should be paid to the trademark application and its attachments if other language, the language should be translated into Russian using Russian translation.