Apply for a Russian trademark

1. Trademarks registered through legal procedures or international organizations in which Russia is a member are protected by law in the Russian Federation.

2. Russia accepts the registration of commodity trademarks, service trademarks, and collective trademarks. 3. Russia adopts the International Classification of Goods and Services for trademark registration.

4. The international treaties and organizations that Russia participates in include the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks, the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of Trademark Registration, the Trademark Registration Treaty, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Required documents for Russian application

1. Apply as a legal entity, with one copy of the Business License or valid registration certificate stamped with the official seal; Apply as a natural person with one copy of personal identification document attached;

2. The applicant's detailed information (in both Chinese and English), including name or title, nature, nationality, as well as detailed address, postal code, and contact information;

3. Electronic trademark samples;

4. Product name and category;

5. Entrusting a Russian lawyer to handle trademark registration applications does not require signing a power of attorney;

Registration and Procedure for Russian Standard Application

1. Applicant qualification: Legal person or natural person engaged in commercial activities. Foreign legal or natural persons who do not reside in Russia should apply for trademark registration through a patent agent registered with the Russian Intellectual Property Office.

2. Application process (smooth progress):

(1) Formal examination: the legality examination of the submitted application documents, trademark designs, power of attorney and other documents after the application is submitted; Those who meet the requirements will be granted the application date and application number.

(2) Substantive examination: Based on the law, examine whether the trademark has registrability, whether it is the same or similar to a previously registered trademark, and whether it violates the prohibition clause of the Trademark Law. For trademarks that fail substantive examination, the examiner will notify the applicant in writing and inform them of the reasons for rejection. The applicant may submit a re examination within the time limit from the date of receiving the rejection notice. Otherwise, the application will be deemed abandoned, and the application date and number will not be retained. The applicant can apply for an extension by paying the extension fee. The trademark examiner may conditionally accept certain trademark registration applications and may require the applicant to waive the right to use a certain text or graphic in the trademark.

(3) Announcement: After examination, the examiner believes that the trademark application can be accepted and will publish an announcement on the official trademark announcement in Russia. The objection period is 3 months from the date of announcement.

(4) Registration approval: Trademarks that have been ruled to be eligible for registration after opposition, or trademarks that have been published without opposition, will be approved for registration and a registration certificate will be issued. The entire smooth application process (if there are no rejections, objections, etc.) will take approximately 14-20 months.

3. Validity period of Russian trademark: 10 years from the date of application. If the registration needs to be continued after the expiration of the validity period, an application for renewal registration should be made 6 months before the expiration of the registration, and each renewal registration is valid for 10 years.

Note: The constituent elements of a trademark that can be registered as a trademark

The constituent elements of a trademark include text, numbers, three-dimensional graphics, and their combinations; A trademark can be registered in any color or combination of colors.

The constituent elements of unregistered trademarks

1. Does not have the ability to distinguish or only consists of the following elements:

(1) The common name of a certain commodity;

(2) General symbols and terminology;

(3) Indicate the type, quantity, nature, purpose, value, production or sales location and time of the goods;

(4) Products that are determined solely or primarily by their functional characteristics.

If it is a non essential part, the above elements can exist as non protected components in the trademark.

Symbols that have obtained significance through use are not subject to the above limitations.

2. According to international treaties to which Russia is a member, only national emblems, flags or other marks, full names or abbreviations of international intergovernmental organizations, emblems, flags or other marks, control or guarantee official symbols, seals, medals and other distinguishing symbols and their confusing approximate marks (with the consent of the competent authority, they can be used as non protective components of trademarks);

3. Symbols that cannot be registered as trademarks or their elements:

Misleading or capable of causing confusion among consumers about the product or its producer; Violating the main principles of public interest, humanity, or morality;

4. Symbols that are identical or similar to the names or images of things with traditional cultural values of the Russian Federation or the world (excluding owners or authorized persons);

5. Origin marking for wines or alcoholic beverages protected by international treaties between Russia and Canada