Now branding business is the most basic threshold in the international market. Registered trademarks give exclusive rights to business products, you can use this name to identify your products or services, inform everyone that you are the owner of the trademark, and prohibit Damage to your brand by others using the trademark or counterfeiting your trademark.
Therefore, many bosses who are Amazon's cross-border e-commerce companies plan to register US trademarks, EU trademarks, etc.
What are the specific procedures and fees for registering a US trademark?
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is responsible for federal trademark registration.
Effective August 3, 2019, the USPTO requires all foreign applicants, registrants of U.S. trademarks, and foreign parties in trademark review and appeal proceedings to appoint a U.S.-licensed attorney as their attorney .
The rule is designed to protect the U.S. trademark registration system and address the growing problem of flawed and fraudulent trademark filings.
We recommend that mainland applicants find a professional agency before applying for a US trademark.
Because to apply by yourself, on the one hand, you need to find a professional American lawyer. American lawyers charge by the hour, and the official fee for the US trademark application is 250 US dollars, which is equivalent to 1,700 yuan in RMB, so the cost of personal registration is about 5,000 yuan. about.
Find an agent company to register, and you can register for less than 3,000 yuan. Our company registration is 2,388 yuan. You can register.
Find an agent to register a US trademark process:
1. The process of registering a U.S. trademark
1. Trademark search, provide trade name and conduct trade mark search;
2. The registrant provides registration information;
3. Submit to the Trademark Office
4. Official review
5. Authorization to get the certificate
2. U.S. trademark registration materials:
1: Applicant's ID card, business license (Chinese and English name and address)
2: Goods or services (using the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration.)
3: Logo design: clear trademark design, electronic version of LOGO (JPG format).Note: If the registered trademark is in color, please specify the color, and it will be used in accordance with the specified color in future use; if the registered trademark is in black and white, any color can be used in the future
4: A "Power of Attorney for US Trademark Registration" fills in a word mark and a category of goods or services.
5: The domestic registered trademark certification documents, the date and evidence of the earliest use in the United States.
3. How long does it take to register a trademark in the United States?
U.S. trademark registration time: Based on use in the United States: 8-14 months Based on other: 15-18 months. Official receipt time: 1 week.
4. How much is it reasonable to register in the United States?
Because the official fee for registering a US trademark is 250 US dollars, which is equivalent to 1,700 yuan in RMB.
You can register with an agent for less than 3,000 yuan , including agency fees + attorney fees + official fees. Our registered US trademarks are mainly 2388 , all included.
Have many customers said they have packaged it? The registered trademark is not covered, because the trademark review is a manual review, which will be related to the examiner's mood at the time and other factors . When an agency company says that the trademark is covered, it is a lie.
We can only find a professional agency company to search before trademark registration and honestly tell the customer the registration success rate, see if the customer wants to register at this success rate, or guide how to change the name, improve the success rate and then register, instead of Blindly submit a trademark, regardless of whether the customer's trademark is registered or not.
Therefore, it is reasonable that the US trademark registration does not exceed 3,000 yuan.
Because you go to the United States to register with a lawyer, you need at least 5,000 yuan.
The above are the relevant process fees and registration time of US trademark registration. For more information about US trademark registration, you can copy V to understand the registration~