A name change needs a certificate from the company registry showing both the old and the new name, matching the form exactly. Address changes need no registry certificate.
Change of name and address may be filed on one application. Foreign owners without a China domicile must act through a CNIPA-recorded agency.
It compares the new name/address against the certificate and the register. A mismatch or a missing document triggers a correction notice.
CNIPA issues the corresponding certificate and publishes the change. The register, renewals, assignments and licence recordals must all match the new identity afterwards.
Under Article 30 of the Implementing Regulations, a name or address change must cover all registered marks. Leave some out and CNIPA issues a notice to correct; if you do not correct in time, the change application is deemed abandoned.
A name change is not accepted on a self-declaration. The registry certificate must show the old and new names. If the company changed name twice, you may jump straight to the latest name but must supply every certificate in the chain.
If a licence is recorded, the licensor or licensee name change should be recorded too. Otherwise the licence record names an entity that no longer exists on the register.
A Madrid IR designating China is changed through WIPO's international procedure, not the CNIPA domestic change route. Keep the WIPO holder record and the CNIPA record consistent.
CNIPA charges CNY 0 for an electronic change filing and CNY 150 per class for a paper filing (CNIPA fee schedule, updated October 2026). Professional fees are separate. A multi-class registration is charged per class on paper.
Yes. Article 30 of the Implementing Regulations requires the registrant to change all registered marks together. The practical reason is consistency: a half-changed portfolio creates conflicting owner records at renewal, assignment or enforcement.
Yes. CNIPA's guidance allows one application to cover both. If the name changed more than once, you can change directly to the current name, but you must submit the certificates for every step in the chain.
CNIPA treats a change limited to the Chinese translation of a foreign company or individual name as a translation change, supported by a declaration rather than a registry certificate. Confirm the wording with your agent before filing.
CNIPA writes to the address on the register. Notices — including refusal, opposition and non-use cancellation deadlines — can go to an address you no longer use. Renewal and assignment filings that do not match the register also stall until the recordal is fixed.
There is no statutory deadline for filing and no statutory examination period. CNIPA examines formal consistency, so a clean filing usually moves faster than a correction case. Build the recordal into the rebrand timetable rather than treating it as an afterthought.
Send us the old and new names, the registry certificate and the list of marks. We will check the all-marks scope and file the recordal through a CNIPA-recorded agency.
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