俄罗斯商标注册流程知识

“一带一路”倡议为中俄经济发展和区域合作提供了历史性机遇和广阔平台。在中俄两国政府的推动下，近年来中俄双边贸易迅速增长。俄罗斯无疑是中国最重要的出口国之一。对于在俄罗斯经营或向俄罗斯出口商品的中国企业，如果他们希望其商标在俄罗斯受到保护，则应在俄罗斯申请注册商标。商标是对外贸易许可，企业形象和声誉以及消费者和生产经营者的利益密切相关的。

  俄罗斯商标注册过程可分为六个阶段：申请提交，形式审查，实质审查，审查决定，颁发注册证书和注册公告。如果进展顺利且没有被拒绝，从申请到注册公告大约需要14-16个月的时间。

  商标申请提交后，知识产权局首先对申请文件和申请人的主体资格进行形式审查。俄罗斯商标申请人的主体必须是法人或个体工商户，而不是自然人。形式审查大约需要1-2个月，对于符合要求的申请，将发出受理通知。商标申请日期为知识产权局收到所有申请所需文件的日期。形式审查通过后，进入实质审查。

  实质审查大约需要12个月。这个阶段主要检查所申请的商标是否符合商标法规定的条件，包括相对理由和绝对理由的检查。审查决定有两种情况：如果实质审查成功通过，知识产权局将发布商标批准注册决定并予以公告；如果经过实质审查，知识产权局认为该商标申请不符合《商标法》的有关规定，或者与其他商标具有相同的类型；该商品或相似商品上的先前商标相同或相似，将会发出拒绝通知。商标申请人可以在收到拒绝通知之日起6个月内申请复审。

  商标申请成功通过上述阶段后，知识产权局将在一个月内发布批准注册决定并颁发注册证书。商标被批准注册后，将立即在官方公告中发布。自公告之日起五年内，其他人可以提出异议。

  俄罗斯商标注册过程实行“先注册后公告”，即异议后置制度。如果有人打算反对商标申请，则只能在商标被批准注册后才能提交。如果对申请中的商标有异议，有关方可以向知识产权局提交警告信。警告信中应注明商标应受相对或绝对理由的限制，不得注册。如果审查员确定警告信中的事实和理由成立，则实质审查后商标申请将被拒绝。

The Belt and Road Initiative provides historic opportunities and broad platforms for China-Russia economic development and regional cooperation. Driven by the Chinese and Russian governments, bilateral trade has grown rapidly in recent years. Russia is undoubtedly one of China ' s most important exporters. For Chinese enterprises operating in Russia or exporting goods to Russia, if they want their trademarks protected in Russia, they should apply for registered trademarks in Russia. Trademarks are closely related to foreign trade licensing, corporate image and reputation, and the interests of consumers and producers and operators.

 

The process of Russian trademark registration can be divided into six stages : application submission, formal review, substantive review, review decision, issuance of registration certificate and registration announcement. If the progress is smooth and not rejected, it will take about 14-16 months from the application to the registration announcement.

 

After the trademark application is submitted, the Intellectual Property Office first conducts a formal review of the application documents and the applicant ' s subject qualification. The subject of a Russian trademark applicant must be a legal person or an individual businessman, not a natural person. Formal review takes about 1 – 2 months, and notice of acceptance will be issued for applications that meet the requirements. The trademark application date is the date on which the Intellectual Property Office receives all documents required for the application. After the formal review passed, it entered the substantive review.

Substantive review takes about 12 months. This stage mainly inspects whether the application trademark meets the requirements of trademark law, including the inspection of relative reasons and absolute reasons. There are two cases of the review decision : if the substantive review is successfully adopted, the Intellectual Property Office will issue a trademark approval registration decision and announce it ; if subject to a substantive review, the Intellectual Property Office considers that the trademark application does not comply with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law or has the same type as other trademarks ; the goods or similar goods on the previous trademark is the same or similar, will issue a refusal notice. The trademark applicant can apply for review within 6 months from the date of receiving the refusal notice.

 

After the trademark application has passed the above stage successfully, the Intellectual Property Office will issue the approval registration decision and issue the registration certificate within one month. After the trademark is approved for registration, it will be published in the official announcement immediately. Others may object within five years from the date of the announcement.

 

Russia ’ s trademark registration process implements the system of “ registration before announcement, ” that is, objection after setting. If someone intends to oppose the trademark application, it can only be submitted after the trademark is approved for registration. If there is any objection to the trademark in the application, the parties concerned can submit a warning letter to the Intellectual Property Office. The warning letter should indicate that the trademark should be restricted by relative or absolute reasons and should not be registered. If the examiner determines the facts and reasons in the warning letter, the trademark application will be rejected after the substantive review.