The main services include: change of trademark information, transfer of trademark rights, renewal of registered trademarks, licensing of trademarks, request for certificate copies, withdrawal of applications, etc.
RECORDATION OF CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS/ASSIGNMENT/LICENSE
All changes of registrant including name and/or address shall be recorded with the Trademark Office. The recordal of change should be made for all the registered trademarks owned by the same registrant at the same time.
When applying for the assignment of a registered trademark, both the assignor and assignee shall sign an agreement of assignment and jointly file an application to the Trademark Office. The assignee shall do the formalities required in applying for the assignment of a registered trademark. Assignment is effective only when approved and published by the Trademark Office. All the same or similar trademarks on the same or similar goods of the same registrant should be assigned at the same time.
Assignment of pending trademark application follows the same procedure as registered trademarks.
If the licensor authorizes another person to use his registered trademark, he should submit the trademark license to the Trademark Office for recording, and the Trademark Office shall publish it.
DURATION/RENEWAL
A registration is valid for ten years starting from the date of registration and can be renewed indefinitely, each time for ten years.
Renewal applications shall be made within twelve months before the expiration date or, subject to payment of an additional fee, within six months after the expiration date. Each renewal application shall include an application for renewal of trademark registration, a Power of Attorney and a copy of the certificate of the applicant’s identity which may be the ID card or passport of individual applicant or the certificate of good standing or extract of commercial register of the company.