A list of typical timeframes for decisions on trademark prosecution procedures in the PRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Updated: April 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is now possible to record and de-record licenses of registered PRC trademarks through e-filing or paper filing. As indicated below, it is no longer..<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[83,42],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","category-trademark","tag-pendency","tag-trademark-prosecution"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Procedure<\/strong><\/th> Timeframe for Decision<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Trademark Office<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Issuance of official filing receipts for new applications<\/td> 1 month from application date (e-filings) 2 months (paper filings)<\/td><\/tr> Notices of amendment<\/td> 1 to 1.5 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Examination and rejections<\/td> 3 to 5 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Publication of application<\/td> 5 to 8 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Non-use cancellations<\/td> 7 to 9 months from filing date<\/td><\/tr> Cancellation based on genericness<\/td> 7 to 8 months from filing date<\/td><\/tr> Oppositions<\/td> 10 to 11 months from filing date<\/td><\/tr> Changes of name\/address<\/td> 1 month from application date<\/td><\/tr> Change of agent applications<\/td> 1 month from application date<\/td><\/tr> Renewal of registrations<\/td> 1 to 2 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Assignments<\/td> 3 to 5 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Certified copies of registration certificates<\/td> 2 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Notices to defend against oppositions<\/td> 5 to 6 months from the response filing date<\/td><\/tr> Re-issuance of registration certificates<\/td> 1 month from application date<\/td><\/tr> Withdrawal of registrations \/ applications<\/td> 1 to 2 months from application date<\/td><\/tr> Trademark Review and Adjudication Division (TRAD)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Application appeals<\/td> 6 to 8 months from filing date<\/td><\/tr> Invalidations<\/td> 11 to 12 months from filing date<\/td><\/tr> Non-use cancellation appeals<\/td> \u00a08 to 12 months from appeal filing date<\/td><\/tr> Evidence exchange notice for invalidation<\/td> 6 to 10 months from response filing date<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n