Do I need to change my trademark if my company license changes?

The General Administration of Trademark will review all the information collected in accordance with the law. Once approved, it will issue you an approval change notice as a certificate. In addition, applicants can also choose to entrust a legally qualified trademark agency to handle relevant business on their behalf. Next, the editor of Legal Savior Network will introduce relevant content to you.

1. Does the trademark under the company license need to be changed?

Company name When changes occur, the trademarks held or registered must also be changed accordingly in accordance with the law.

Applicants need to go to the Trademark Office in person to go through the trademark change procedures, and must submit a detailed and accurate change application and related name change certificates, etc. document.

The Trademark Administration will review and verify these materials in strict accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and recognize and approve them on this basis.

After the registrant receives the change certificate mailed by the Trademark Office, he can start completing the corresponding changes.

In addition, applicants also have the right to choose to entrust a trademark agency established by the state in accordance with the law to handle the relevant change procedures on their behalf.

"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 18

When you apply for trademark registration or handle other trademark matters, you can handle it yourself, or you can entrust a legally established trademark agency to handle it. When foreigners or foreign enterprises apply for trademark registration and handle other trademark matters in China, they should entrust a trademark agency established in accordance with the law to handle it.

Article 41

Registered trademark needs to change the name, address or For other registration matters, a change application should be submitted.

2. Do I need to cancel my trademark after it expires?

After the trademark application is approved, if it is idle for a long time and there is no need to use it, there is no need to actively cancel it.

The validity period of a registered trademark is up to ten years. If the renewal procedure is not completed in time after the expiration of the validity period, it will be deemed to be automatically canceled.

In addition, for those trademarks that have no actual application needs and have not been properly maintained and used within three years after registration, their registration qualifications may also be affected by the deemed abandoned and subject to the risk of revocation.

According to relevant laws and regulations, anyone can submit a cancellation application for registered trademarks that have not been actively used for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons, pending trademark revocation. The bureau will verify and rule on its implementation of standard procedures.