The
new Trademark Law is enforced from May 1st, 2014 and still in the
transitory stage. It takes time to adjust the system and complete the
specific rules. The reasons why there is no notice of acceptance from
Mark Office are as followed:
1. The Upgrade of Trademark Office System
From
April to June, there is an upgrade of Trademark office system. And
during that period, the office will only accept the documents but not
actually process them, which cause different influences to each
procedure of Trademark application.
2. The Changes of Trademark Processing Procedure
The
biggest change Trademark processing procedure is from the procedure of
material inspection. The Trademark office applies a new way of material
inspection and has much stricter requirement to it. What’s more, the
notice of acceptance can only be issued after the pass of second
material inspection, which means the Trademark office will firstly issue
the additions and corrections notice if there is mistakes of the
submitted materials, then the notice of acceptance after all are
corrected.
Old application procedure of Trademark registration
Receive Materials---Inspect Material---Input Material---Proceed Fee---Issue Notice of Acceptance
New Application Procedure of Trademark Registration
Receive Materials---Inspect Material---Proceed Fee---Second Time of Inspecting Material---Issue Notice of Acceptance
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