In order to improve the convenience of online trademark application, the Office has re-planned the system operation process and interface. Through the guided design, users can complete the application in 5 steps. The new version of the system will be officially available from February 15, 2022. For external services, priority is given to providing three application forms for the most commonly used 2D trademark applications, corrections and withdrawals. It is expected to gradually expand the application forms for color, sound, three-dimensional trademarks, device mark applications, divisional applications, and applications for change prior to registration in the second half of the year, to comprehensively improve the convenience of online trademark application.
The new version of the system supports cross-browsers and mobile devices, and has many new auxiliary functions such as converting wordmarks into images, image conversion online, reference to other trademarks, my draft, and trademark data preparation.
Source: Intellectual Property Office
