一、德國商標(biāo)簡介

1、德國法律規(guī)定商標(biāo)權(quán)的取得基于注冊。

2、在德國，商品商標(biāo)、服務(wù)商標(biāo)和集體商標(biāo)可以依法申請注冊。

3、德國采用的是商標(biāo)注冊用商品和服務(wù)的國際分類。但是，申請注冊商標(biāo)時，一個申請可以包括多個類別的商品或服務(wù)，只是申請人應(yīng)當(dāng)按類別的多少繳納規(guī)費。

4、目前，德國是《保護工業(yè)產(chǎn)權(quán)巴黎公約》、《商標(biāo)國際注冊馬德里協(xié)定》、《商標(biāo)注冊用商品和服務(wù)國際分類尼斯協(xié)定》和世界知識產(chǎn)權(quán)組織的成員國。德國于1995年12月20日認可《馬德里協(xié)定議定書》，該議定書于1996年4月1日在德國境內(nèi)生效。

二、德國商標(biāo)注冊申請所需資料

1、以法人申請，附《營業(yè)執(zhí)照》或有效登記證明復(fù)印件加蓋公章1份；以自然人申請附個人身份證明文件1份；

2、申請人的詳細信息（中英文），包括姓名或名稱，性質(zhì)、國籍以及詳細地址、郵編，聯(lián)系方式；

3、電子版商標(biāo)標(biāo)樣；

4、商品名稱和類別。

三、德國商標(biāo)的申請和注冊

1、申請人資格：德國法律規(guī)定，仟何希望在商業(yè)活動中使其商品或服務(wù)區(qū)別于他人的商品或服務(wù)的人均可以向德國專利局提出申請注冊商標(biāo)。聯(lián)邦法律還規(guī)定，在德國沒有營業(yè)所的申請人只有在其設(shè)有營業(yè)所的國家接受德國的商標(biāo)或服務(wù)商標(biāo)并且予以和其本國的商標(biāo)相同的待遇時才依法在德國申請商標(biāo)保護。

2、申請流程（順利情況）：

（１）形式審查：申請遞交后對提交的申請文件、商標(biāo)圖樣、委托書等文件進行的合法性審查；符合規(guī)定的，將授予申請日和申請?zhí)枴?/p>

（2）實質(zhì)審查：根據(jù)法律審查商標(biāo)是否具有可注冊性、是否與在先注冊的商標(biāo)相同或近似、是否違背商標(biāo)法的禁用條款。對于不通過實質(zhì)審查的商標(biāo)，審查官將書面通知申請人，并告知駁回理由。申請人在接到該駁回通知之日起限期內(nèi)可提交復(fù)審，否則，該申請將被視為放棄，申請日和申請?zhí)柧挥璞Ａ簟?/p>

（3）公告：經(jīng)審查，審查官認為商標(biāo)申請可以被接受后，便會在德國官方商標(biāo)公告上刊登公告。自公告日3個月為異議期。

（4）注冊核準：經(jīng)異議被裁定可以注冊的商標(biāo)，或經(jīng)公告沒有異議的商標(biāo)將獲準注冊并下發(fā)注冊證。整個順利的申請過程（如果沒有駁回、異議等情況出現(xiàn)）大概需要6-8個月。

３、有效期：從申請日起算10年，注冊有效期滿需繼續(xù)使用的，應(yīng)在注冊有效期滿前6個月申請續(xù)展注冊，每次續(xù)展注冊有效期為10年。

1. Introduction to German trademarks

1. German law provides that the acquisition of trademark rights is based on registration.

( 2 ) In Germany, commodity trademarks, service trademarks and collective trademarks can apply for registration according to law.

( 3 ) Germany adopts the international classification of goods and services for trademark registration. However, when applying for a registered trademark, an application may include multiple categories of goods or services, but the applicant should pay the fees according to the number of categories.

4. At present, Germany is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks, the Niss Agreement on International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Germany ratified the Madrid Protocol on December 20, 1995, which entered into force in Germany on April 1, 1996.

2.The information needed for German trademark registration application

1. At the application of a legal person, a copy of the ' business license ' or valid registration certificate shall be affixed with a seal ; 1 personal identification document attached to a natural person application ;

2. Details of the applicant ( English and Chinese ), including name, nature, nationality, address, postcode and contact details ;

3. Electronic trademark samples ;

4. Commodity name and category.

3. Application and registration of German trademarks

1. Applicant qualification : German law provides that everyone who wants to make their goods or services different from others in commercial activities can apply for registered trademarks to the German Patent Office. Federal law also stipulates that applicants who have no place of business in Germany apply for trademark protection in Germany only when they accept the German trademark or service trademark in the country where they have a place of business and give the same treatment as their own trademark.

2. Application process ( smooth ) :

( 1 ) Form review : the legality review of the application documents, trademark drawings, commissions and other documents submitted after the application is submitted ; if the requirements are met, the application date and application number will be granted.

( 2 ) Substantive examination : examination under the law of whether a trade mark is registrable, whether it is the same or similar as a previously registered trade mark and whether it is contrary to the terms of prohibition of the trademark law. For the trademark that does not pass the substantive examination, the examiner will notify the applicant in writing and inform the reason for the rejection. The applicant can submit a review within the time limit from the date of receiving the notice of rejection. Otherwise, the application will be considered to be abandoned, and neither the application date nor the application number will be retained.

( 3 ) Announcement : After examination, the examiner thinks that the trademark application can be accepted, it will be published in the German official trademark announcement. Three months from the announcement date is the objection period.

( 4 ) Registration and approval : the trademark which is ruled to be registered by objection, or the trademark which is not objection by announcement will be approved to be registered and issued a registration certificate. The whole application process ( if there is no rejection, objection, etc. ) will take about 6-8 months.

3 、 Validity : from the date of application for 10 years, the registration validity period expires need to continue to use, should be in the registration validity period of 6 months before the application for renewal registration, each renewal registration validity period is 10 years.