Trademark registration support

The handling of intellectual property rights will greatly affect the management of venture companies.
In our office, from the viewpoint of whether we should acquire patents on developed inventions or whether we should keep it confidential as know-how, we have been conducting prior investigation, application procedure, appeal trial of trademarks, copyright and patent infringement We will properly advise you on negotiations and litigation concerning, etc., draft / review of various license agreements, handling of employee's invention inventions.

table of contents

• What is a trademark
• About trademark
• Benefits of registering trademarks
• We support trademark registration
• Contract flow
• Flow of trademark registration procedure
• Fee

What is a trademark

A trademark is composed of letters, figures, and combinations thereof used for goods and services. There is a function of "source display, quality assurance, advertisement", but right is not approved unless you register. Also, the earliest application is entitled.

About trademark

• There are functions of source display, quality assurance, and advertisement.
• Rights will not be accepted unless you register (registrationism).
• The trademark filed earlier will acquire the right (first - come - principle).
• Registration, you will mainly recognize the following rights.
• Prohibited right to use a similar trademark
• Measures against infringement of trademarks (injunction claims, damages claims, Estimation provision etc.)

Professional knowledge is indispensable for trademarks. For example, even if trademark registration is made, the trademark right will not take effect in the scope of rights excluded during the registration process. Proposal of appropriate classification designation goods at the time of application for trademark registration, investigation of similar trademarks, opinion letter and notice of reasons for refusal and notification of compensation from the JPO, etc. · Submission of amendments etc. For the acquisition of a strong trademark right Back up.

Benefits of registering trademarks

[Image strategy] easy to remember

You can appeal by registering and actively using it.
By linking a visual to a service, it makes it easier to remember it.
Even if you can not remember the name of the service, you can also remember the image, can also contribute to the increase in brand name.

【monopoly · maintenance】 right is granted

By registering a trademark you can exercise the following rights.

We support trademark registration

Professional knowledge is indispensable for trademarks.

Even if trademark registration is made, for example, the trademark right does not take effect in the scope of rights that it purposely excluded during the registration process.

Proposal of proper classification designation product at the time of filing a trademark, investigation of similar trademarks, opinion written when the patent office notifies reasons for refusal, correction order, etc.

· Until the submission of amendments etc., we will back up for strong trademark acquisition.

Contract flow

1. meeting

   We will discuss matters such as the contents of the trademark.

2. Trademark registration process etc.

   While making a meeting, we will proceed.
   【Application】 ⇒ 【Registration assessment】 ⇒ 【Registration fee payment】.

3. Trademark registration completion etc.

   【receipt of trademark registration certificate】 ⇒ 【registration completed】.

Flow of trademark registration procedure

1. Search for similar trademarks - Application for trademark registration

   The shortest 2-3 days

2. Review

   About 6 to 12 months as it progressed without delay

3. Registration process

   Approximately one month from registration fee payment to receipt of registration certificate after receipt of registration assessment

Cost

Trademark fee and registration fee list at the Patent Office

Patent Office Homepage

Survey only

Application (Investigation included)

Intermediate procedure

Intermediate procedures are carried out in the following cases.

• When supplementing or correcting application documents
• Receiving Procedure Correction Directive
• Receive notice of reasons for refusal and reevaluate by taking intermediate procedures

Example 1 When acquiring a trademark at "Clair Law Firm" (no intermediate procedure)

Acquire a trademark in 2 categories (36 th class, 45 th class).
* 36th classification: Tax consultation, Tax substitute 45th class: Legal affairs concerning litigation and others

When acquiring a trademark in Example 2 "Clair Law Firm" (with intermediate procedures)

Although we applied as in example 2, we will delete some of the designated services of class 36 by procedure amendment.

Procedure for payment of registration fee (for 10 years)

Procedure for renewal registration (for 10 years)

Rewrite registration application procedure

The rewrite registration application procedure is to rewrite the designated goods of the trademark right related to the trademark registration application made by March 31, 1992 to the product classification based on the international international classification, and the rewrite registration application time As soon as it approaches, you will be notified.