Hongda Business Services helps your company protect your intellectual property in China, covering Guangdong, Hainan, Beijing, and Shanghai.
Trademark registration is a good first step that you can take towards protecting your intellectual property
in China. This can help your company protect its company name, product names, domain names, logos and slogans. However, it is not the only precaution you can take. Trademark license filing and recording your trademark with Chinese Customs are also important precautionary measures to protect your intellectual property.
Trademark license filing is where you, the trademark registrant, legally permit others to use your trademark. They will sign a trademark license contract which will be filed in the China trademark office. Trademark license filing is often recorded in a license contract. The license contract states details regarding the right of the licensee to use the registered trademark. Trademark licensing does not involve any transfer of ownership; it simply gives the licensee the right to use the licenser’s trademark.
“According to Article 43 of the Trademark, if a licensor decides to give a licensee permission to use their registered trademark, the trademark license must be submitted to the China Trademark Office (CTMO) for records purposes.“
Trademark Customs recording is a very useful mechanism for controlling the usage of your trademarks and alerting you to when they are being used without your authorisation. Enterprises or business operators record their trademarks with the China customs General Administration.
Once recorded, each time a commodity with the trademark is cleared, the trademark owner will receive a written notice from local customs confirming the authenticity of the commodity. In the situation that the trademark owner confirms that the commodity is fraudulent and not authorised by the trademark owner, customs will seize the goods immediately.
Step 1: Submit materials to the General Administration of Customs for acceptance.
Step 2: Upon acceptance, the General Administration of Customs will begin to examine the materials.
Step 3: Once examined, the trademark filing process has successfully been completed.
The whole process of recording your trademark with Chinese Customs will take 2-3 months.
Click the button below to arrange a free consultation to talk through the steps you can take to protect your intellectual property in China.
Doing business with HONGDA is getting a share in our know-how, expertise and dedication. Our determination leaves our customers with peace in mind, as they know our passion and strive for perfection in all that we do.
To ensure that we keep pushing the boundaries of what our market can expect, we relentlessly strive for increased benefits of doing business with HONGDA. To declare our efforts, our daily work is based on 4 tangible, practical promises to our customers - and just as much to ourselves.
We provide registration plans and suggestions.
You provide documentation of your trademarked materials. These can be names, designs, color combinations, sounds, text, and even smell.
Submit trademark registration application.
Obtain the receipt of trademark registration application within one month.
Congratulations!
Obtain trademark certificate.
We (can) advise you on the best solution for your business model and send you our comprehensive proposal.
After reviewing the proposal, we sign the service contract and receive your payment.
We send you an application form as well as the list of documents we need from your side.
Sit back, relax and let us take care of everything from here on out.
WFOE/JV: Slow registration time.
The benefit of all is that if you aim to run a business in China, any will allow you to do so.Have some inquiries or question, and want to have a discussion with Hongda about your requirements? No problem! Simply book a free meeting and we will contact you and offer help!
Leave your message about the inquiries you have or book a meeting with Hongda for a free consultation.
We will contact you as soon as possible. Please make sure that your contact information is correct!