Individuals and companies can be registered trademarks, but due to the lack of professional knowledge and trademark application experience, resulting in the trademark always exists a variety of problems, so the commissioned trademark agency is the way many applicants to choose. Entrusted trademark agencies need to pay attention to some matters, formal institutions can really help themselves solve the problem of trademark registration. Then, what problems should the entrusted trademark agency pay attention to?
What problems should we pay attention to when handling trademark agency entrustment?
In 1, commissioned by the agency for the registration of trademarks, such as agent promise or agreement "in the agency agreement is not successful acceptance, then returned to the agency fee, then you must clear the two words in this sentence, first say here" notification of acceptance "rather than" trademark registration notice of acceptance certificate ", has only received official documents. In addition, here is the "agent fee", excluding the application fee paid by the trademark office".
2, trademark agents as agents entrusted with the registration of trademark professionals, the value of their practice is to prompt customers and risk prevention, in order to facilitate customer decision-making, rather than guarantee the success of the business. Unrealistic promises often bring clients into the mire and cause customers to suffer irreparable damage.
3, the whole process of trademark registration, from inquiry - Application - approval of the first instance - Announcement - certification, generally need 14 months or so, the supplement, objection, etc. the time will be longer. As a result, the agency's commitment to obtain a trademark registration certificate within a year is impossible. If the applicant has such a commitment, it is recommended that the commitment be written into the agency agreement and agreed to liquidated damages, such as the agency can not be determined, do not take seriously.
Two, how to choose the trademark agency?
1, part of the agency to customers in the "notification of acceptance" and "trademark registration" request a fee or fee, certificate fee, repeated payment, the applicant in this case mostly had to give up. This situation arises from the fact that some agencies first solicit business at a very low price, and then charge various items to the enterprise. In this case the applicant shall be the total application fee clear in the agent contract, to avoid falling into the bottomless pit of money.
2, part of the agency after the payment by installment or other ways to pay to attract business, and the State Trademark Bureau only received a fee, will be accepting applications for trademark registration, trademark registration and approval required for nearly two years, the trademark agency is impossible for enterprises to bear the risk, pay by pad. In case of this, we must carefully verify the authenticity of the trademark registration certificate.
3, the State Trademark Office trademark registration in the process of the announcement is without charge, if there is a notice of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the registered trademark notice, required to submit business and trademark registration information and transfer to an account, as the announcement and publicity expenses. Must be careful, this is in the name of the trademark announcement asking for charges of fraud. The applicant has paid the relevant fees when submitting the application for trademark registration, trademark registration of the State Trademark Bureau accepted the application for preliminary examination and approval and announcement, cannot and will not own or entrust other organizations to receive notice publicity expenses. Encountered similar circumstances, we must identify the authenticity, beware of fooled.