Guide to Trademark Registration and Protection in China (14) - Trademark Search

General Information

At present, the search for trademarks is undertaken by the pertinent department under the Chinese Trademark Office . The search is now limited only to goods/service marks composed of Chinese words, foreign words and their combinations; no applications for search on marks with only designs or on the design portions of composite marks is accepted.

Either regular search or urgent search can be requested; the former takes 7 work days to complete the search report, while the latter, 5 work days.

Only the marks that have been published or are ready to be published can be searched, while those pending, can not. Moreover, the search reports are for reference only, and can not be taken as legal basis for applications for registration of trademarks.

The applicant is required to provide literal information regarding the trademark, the international class and the goods/services using that mark, or the registrant, etc.

The search fee is charged on the basis of per trademark per class.

Requirements on entrusting us to proceed with the Search

1) For searching trademarks, providing the literal names of trademarks.
2) For searching statues of registered trademarks, providing the registered trademark numbers.
3) For searching all trademarks of a registrant, providing the Chinese name of the registrant.