China is a first-to-file jurisdiction — file late and a squatter can own your brand. Estimate fees, score your risk and plan filings in minutes. Built by a CNIPA-recorded Chinese agency.
Pick your Nice classes and items to instantly see CNIPA official fees (CNY + USD), foreign-applicant paperwork costs, typical agency fees and your all-in budget.
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Answer 10 quick questions and instantly score your first-to-file / squatting exposure, with concrete next steps and any urgent deadlines (opposition, refusal review).
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Search all 45 Nice classes in English and 中文, or tap your business type (e-commerce, SaaS, clothing, F&B, pets…) for a recommended class set with a fee estimate.
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Enter your filing date to see acceptance, examination, publication and registration dates — plus the 15-day refusal-review and 3-month opposition deadlines.
Calculate timeline →Enter the registration date to see the 10-year expiry, 12-month renewal window and 6-month grace period — and whether you are already overdue.
Check renewal →Is your mark over 3 years old and exposed to a 撤三? See the exposure date and the use-evidence you must keep.
Check exposure →5 questions to see if your China trademark can enroll in Amazon Brand Registry now, via a pending TM, or needs filing first.
Check eligibility →Interactive materials checklist by work type (art / text / audio / software), with timing and cost.
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How long protection lasts (lifetime + 50 years, or 50 years after publication) plus CPCC official registration fees by work type.
Calculate →Compare cost, timeline, attorney requirement and use rules across CNIPA, USPTO and EUIPO before choosing where to file.
Compare →Type your brand name for an instant distinctiveness / generic-word / length check (not a clearance search).
Check a name →Step-by-step checklist to set up watching and never miss the 3-month opposition window.
Set up watch →Received a CNIPA refusal? What to gather within the 15-day review window, by common refusal grounds.
Open checklist →Plan the Chinese-character / pinyin version of your brand: transliteration vs meaning, bad-sound traps and clearance steps.
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Estimate WIPO Madrid fees for designating China (2026 rates): basic fee + China individual fee + class supplements, plus the 12–18 month China-phase office-action warning.
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Answer 4 questions to see whether you can oppose a conflicting mark, on absolute vs relative grounds, plus the 3-month window and CNY 450 fee.
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Challenge a mark already registered: prior rights, bad-faith squatting or well-known marks, the 5-year limit and its exceptions, the CNY 675 fee and process.
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Tick the contracts, invoices, e-commerce records, packaging and ads you hold to score your file for a 3-year non-use cancellation and the new 5-year use declaration, with the strongest items you are missing.
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Got a WIPO provisional refusal? Enter your receipt date to see the 15-day (ex officio) or 30-day (opposition) response deadline and the 3-month evidence window for your China designation.
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13 answers foreign brands actually ask: cost, timeline, first-to-file, Madrid, Nice classes, refusal, opposition, non-use cancellation and renewal.
Read the FAQ →Whoever files first usually owns the mark in China — regardless of who used it first overseas. Many brands learn this only after being squatted.
Official CNIPA fees are low (CNY 270/class online) but foreign applicants also face translation, legalization and agency fees. We make the total visible.
Opposition windows (3 months) and refusal reviews (15 days) are easy to miss from overseas. The tools flag what is urgent.
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Book free 30-min consult Visit main siteAmazon Brand Registry China — which CNIPA marks are accepted (registered or pending), why enrollments are rejected (the #1 cause is a brand-name mismatch), plus an exact-match checker.
Madrid designation of China — CNIPA individual fees (CHF 220 first class / 110 each), the process, provisional refusals answered in Chinese, plus a Madrid-vs-national route chooser.
China copyright registration tools — free software copyright (软著) materials checklist with source-code deposit rules, plus an AI-generated work copyright test for the Chinese human-contribution standard.
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It uses published CNIPA official fees (CNY 270/class online for the first 10 items, plus per-item overage) and a market range for agency fees. Treat results as planning figures; confirm live rates before filing.
No — a foreign applicant without a residence or business premises in China must use a CNIPA-recorded Chinese trademark agent. That is the service we provide.
No, they are general self-assessment and planning aids, not legal advice. For your specific case, book a consultation or consult a qualified Chinese IP professional.