"Trademark Open Registration" Has Many Sequelae.

Registered trademark

It is necessary to have the identity of "self-employed" and to be recognized in related industries.

After 2001, because of joining the WTO, China extended the permitted scope of trademark applicants to all natural citizens in the territory. As long as they have ID cards, they can apply for trademark registration.

The cost of the application is totally out of proportion to the potential commercial interests contained in the trade mark.

An application for registration of a trademark requires a registration fee of only 1000 yuan, and the agency fee ranges from 500 yuan to 1000 yuan. Once the registration is successful, the validity period is 10 years.

This resulted in a large number of natural persons applying for trademark registration to the administration of industry and Commerce after 2001.

"For example, the registration of a technical training" Haier "trademark, or the" Lenovo "trademark of food, is useless, but if one day these large enterprises decide to get involved in the new industry, they will be able to sell a good price.

This confusion finally forced the State Administration for Industry and commerce to increase the conditions for trademark registrants.

Although the provisions of the law have not been amended, after 2004, in practice, if the applicant wants to successfully register a trademark, he generally needs to provide qualification certificates for engaging in related production and business activities.

Nevertheless, it has been registered successfully from 2001 to 2004.