The company applicant need offer the register certification and stamp on register document. Individual applicant need offer the copy of ID card or passport.

Clients need to provide the following materials:

1. A simple power of attorney executed by the applicant, no notarization is required.

2. A soft copy of the trademark. Four black and white prints as well as fifteen color prints are required when a trademark is in color.
3. A detailed list of products or services to be covered in the application.
4. A copy of Certificate of Incorporation or Business Registration Certificate or anything of similar nature which shows the name and address of the applicant.
5. A Chinese translation of the applicant's name should be provided where available especially where the name of the applicant incorporates its trademark (e.g. "Kodak") for which a Chinese translation already exists.
6. One copy of certificate issued by competent authorities authorizing manufacture in the home country in the case of a trademark covering pharmaceutical products for human use. A certificate of the Chamber of Commerce of the home country is sufficient.
7. A priority document when priority is claimed. The document can be filed within 3 months after the filing date of the application.

Step by Step Registration Procedures:

Step 1: Clients send a specimen of the trademark, a detailed list of products to be covered by the trademark and at the same time make payment for the pre-filing search to Us by remittance or check;

Step 2: We conduct the pre-filing search and prepare search report and email the search reports to clients;

Step 3: (If the search results indicate that the application is likely to be accepted and clients decide to proceed) Clients send us the Photostat copy of identity proof (passport copy for individual and Certificate of Incorporation or Business Registration License) and at the same time make payment for the pre-filing search to us by remittance or check;

Step 4: We prepare the registration application forms and Power of Attorney (PoA) and deliver them to clients for execution;

Step 5: Clients send the duly executed PoA and registration forms back to us;

Step 6:We submit the application documents to the Trademark Registration Bureau

Step 7: The Trademark Registration Bureau perform examination and other procedures; if no objection received, the Trademark Registration Bureau then issues the Certificate of Registration;

Step 8: We forward the Certificate of Registration to clients.

Time Scale

Currently it is taking approximately 18-24 months to get a trademark in China.

Period of Protection

10 years.