What are the ways to apply for trademarks?

There are two ways for domestic applicants to apply for trademark registration or handle other trademark matters:

1. Handle it yourself;

2. Entrust a trademark agency registered with the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office to handle it.

For self-handling, you can submit the trademark registration application online through the online service system. For details on the submission method, please refer to the “China Trademark Network > Online Application” column. The trademark online service system website:  China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)./; you can also go to the registration hall of the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, the Trademark Office in Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, the Trademark Examination Cooperation Center established by the Trademark Office outside Beijing, or the trademark business acceptance window established by the Trademark Office to entrust the local market supervision department or intellectual property department.

Foreigners or foreign enterprises applying for trademark registration and handling other trademark matters in China shall entrust a trademark agency established in accordance with the law to handle it, except for foreigners or foreign enterprises with permanent residence or office in China.