Trademark Law of the People.docx

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TrademarkLawofthePeople

TrademarkLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina

（AdoptedonAug.23,1982atthe24thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheFifthNationalPeople’sCongress,amendedforthefirsttimeaccordingtotheDecisiononAmendingtheTrademarkLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaofthe30thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSeventhNationalPeople’sCongressonFeb.22,1993,andamendedforthesecondtimeaccordingtotheDecisiononAmendingtheTrademarkLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaofthe24thSessionoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNinthNationalPeople’sCongressonOct.27,2001）

Chapter1GeneralProvisions

Article1ThisLawisformulatedforthepurposeofimprovingtheadministrationoftrademarks,protectingtherighttoexclusiveuseoftrademarksandencouragingproducersandoperatorstoguaranteethequalityoftheirgoodsandservicesandmaintainthereputationoftheirtrademarks,soastoprotecttheinterestsofconsumersandofproducersandoperators,andtopromotethedevelopmentofthesocialistmarketeconomy.

Article2TheTrademarkOfficeoftheadministrativedepartmentforindustryandcommerceundertheStateCouncilshallbeinchargeofthetrademarkregistrationandadministrationthroughoutthecountry.

TheadministrativedepartmentforindustryandcommerceundertheStateCouncilshallestablishaTrademarkReviewandAdjudicationBoardtoberesponsibleforhandlingtrademarkdisputes.

Article3RegisteredtrademarksarethosethathavebeenapprovedandregisteredbytheTrademarkOffice,includingcommoditytrademarks,servicetrademarks,collectivemarksandcertificationmarks;trademarkregistrantsshallbeentitledtotherighttoexclusiveuseoftheirtrademarksandshallbeprotectedbylaw.

CollectivemarksusedinthisLawshallrefertothemarksthatareregisteredinthenameofgroups,associationsorotherorganizationsandthatareprovidedtothemembersofthesaidorganizationsforbusinessactivityuse,thustoindicatethemembershipoftheusersinthesaidorganizations.

CertificationmarksusedinthisLawshallrefertothemarksthatarecontrolledbytheorganizationswithsupervisingpoweroversomekindofcommoditiesorservicesyetareusedbytheunitsorindividualsapartfromthesaidorganizationsontheircommoditiesorservices,thustocertificatetheorigins,rawmaterials,manufacturingmethods,qualityorotherspecificcharacteristicsofthesaidcommoditiesorservices.

ThespecialmattersconcerningtheregistrationandadministrationofcollectivemarksandcertificationmarksshallbeprovidedforbythedepartmentforindustryandcommerceundertheStateCouncil.

Article4Anynaturalperson,legalpersonorotherorganizationthatneedstoacquiretherighttoexclusiveuseofatrademarkforthecommoditiesitproduces,manufactures,processes,selectsormarketsshallfileanapplicationforcommoditytrademarkregistrationwiththeTrademarkOffice.

Anynaturalperson,legalpersonorotherorganizationthatneedstoacquiretherighttoexclusiveuseofatrademarkfortheserviceitemsitprovidesshallfileanapplicationforservicetrademarkregistrationwiththeTrademarkOffice.

TheprovisionsofthisLawrelatingtocommoditytrademarksshallbeapplicabletotheservicetrademarks.

Article5Twoormorenaturalpersons,legalpersonsorotherorganizationsmayjointlyapplytotheTrademarkOfficefortheregistrationofthesametrademark,andenjoyandexercisetherighttoexclusiveuseofthattrademarkjointly.

Article6Withrespecttothecommoditiesthatthestatehasdesignatedasrequiringtheuseofaregisteredtrademark,anapplicationfortrademarkregistrationmustbefiled;thecommoditiesmaynotbesoldonthemarketbeforetheregistrationisgranted.

Article7Theuserofatrademarkshallberesponsibleforthequalityofthecommoditiesonwhichthetrademarkisused.Theadministrativedepartmentsforindustryandcommerceatalllevelsshall,bymeansoftrademarkadministration,stopanypracticesthatdeceivetheconsumers.

Article8Anapplicationfortrademarkregistrationmaybefiledforanyvisiblemarkincludingword,design,letter,number,3D（three-dimension）markorcolorcombination,orthecombinationoftheelementsabovementioned,thatcandistinguishthecommoditiesofthenaturalperson,legalpersonorotherorganizationfromthoseofothers.

Article9Thetrademarkforwhichanapplicationforregistrationisfiledshallhavedistinctivecharacteristicseasytoidentify,andmaynotconflictwiththelegalrightsacquiredbyothersinpriority.

Atrademarkregistranthastherighttomarkthewords“Registeredtrademark”orasignindicatingthatthetrademarkisregistered.

Article10Thefollowingmarksmaynotbeusedastrademarks:

1）thoseidenticalwithorsimilartothenationalname,nationalflag,nationalemblem,militaryflagormedalsofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,aswellasthoseidenticalwiththenamesofthespecificsitesorthenamesanddesignsofthesymbolbuildingsoftheplaceswherethecentralgovernmentagenciesarelocated;

2）thoseidenticalwithorsimilartothenationalname,nationalflag,nationalemblemormilitaryflagofanyforeigncountry,exceptwiththeconsentofthegovernmentofthatcountry;

3）thoseidenticalwithorsimilartothename,flag,oremblemofanyintergovernmentalinternationalorganization,exceptwiththeconsentofthatorganizationandthoseunlikelytomisleadthepublic;

4）thoseidenticalwithorsimilartotheofficialmarks,inspectionmarksthatindicatethecontrollingorprovidingguarantee,exceptwithauthorization;

5）thoseidenticalwithorsimilartothenameorsymboloftheRedCrossortheRedCrescent;　　

6）thosehavingthenatureofdiscriminationagainstanynationality;

7）thoseconstitutingexaggeratedadvertisingandaredeceitful;and

8）thosedetrimentaltosocialistmoralityorcustoms,orhavingotherharmfulinfluences.

Theplacenamesoftheadministrativedistrictsatthelevelofcountyoraboveortheforeignplacenamesknownbythepublicmaynotbeusedastrademarks.However,theplacenamesthathaveothermeaningsandthoseusedaspartofacollectivemarkorcertificationmarkareexceptional;theregisteredtrademarksthatuseplacenamesshallcontinuetobevalid.

Article11Thefollowingmarksmaynotberegisteredastrademarks:

1）thoseonlyhavingthegenericnames,designsandmodelsofthecommoditiesconcerned;

2）thosesimplydirectlyindicatingthequality,mainrawmaterials,functions,use,weight,quantityorothercharacteristicsofthecommoditiesconcerned;and

3）thoselackingdistinctivecharacteristics.

Ifthemarkslistedintheprecedingparagraphhave,throughusage,obtaineddistinctivecharacteristicsandcanbeeasilyidentified,theymayberegisteredastrademarks.

Article12Incaseofapplicationfortrademarkregistrationon3Dmarks,theregistrationshallnotbegrantedifthefiguresaregeneratedsimplybythenatureofthecommodities,thecommodityfiguresareneededfortechnicaleffectsorthefiguresmakethecommoditiesbecomesubstantiallyvaluable.

Article13Ifatrademark,forwhichanapplicationforregistrationisfiled,ofthesameorsimilarcommodityisthecopy,imitationortranslationofawell-knowntrademarkofotherswhichhasn’tbeenregisteredinChina,andislikelytocauseconfusion,itshallnotberegisteredandshallbeprohibitedfromuse.

Ifatrademark,forwhichanapplicationforregistrationisfiled,ofadifferentordissimilarcommodityisthecopy,imitationortranslationofawell-knowntrademarkofotherswhichhasbeenregisteredinChina,andmisleadsthepublicandleadstopossibledamagetotheinterestsoftheregistrantofthatwell-knowntrademark,itshallnotberegisteredandshallbeprohibitedfromuse.

Article14Thefollowingfactorsshallbetakenintoconsiderationinthedeterminationofwell-knowntrademarks:

1）howwellisthattrademarkknownbytherelevantpublic;

2）theperiodduringwhichthattrademarkhasbeeninuse;

3）theperiod,extentandgeographicscopeofanypublicityofthattrademark;

4）therecordofprotectionofthattrademarkasawell-knowntrademark;and

5）otherfactorsforwhichthattrademarkiswell-known.

Article15Ifanagentorarepresentativeregistersthetrademarkoftheprincipalortherepresentedinhis/herownnamewithoutauthorization,thetrademarkshallnotberegisteredandshallbeprohibitedfromuseupontheoppositionraisedbytheprincipalortherepresented.

Article16Ifatrademarkcontainsthegeographicmarkofthecommoditieswhilethecommoditiesdon’tcomefromtheregionindicatedbythatmark,andthusmisleadsthepublic,thetrademarkshallnotberegisteredandshallbeprohibitedfromuse;however,thosethathavebeenregisteredingoodfaithshallcontinuetobevalid.

Thegeographicmarkmentionedintheprecedingparagraphreferstothemarkthatindicatestheregionthecommoditiescomefrom.Andthespecificquality,reputationorothercharacteristicsofthesaidcommoditiesaredeterminedmainlybythenaturalfactorsorhumanculturalfactorsofthatregion.

Article17WhereaforeigneroraforeignenterpriseappliesfortrademarkregistrationinChina,themattershallbehandledinaccordancewithanyagreementconcludedbetweenthecountrytowhichtheapplicantbelongsandthePeople’sRepublicofChina,oranyinternationaltreatytowhichbothcountriesareparties,oronthebasisoftheprincipleofreciprocity.

Article18WhereaforeigneroraforeignenterpriseappliesfortrademarkregistrationordealswithothertrademarkmattersinChina,itshallentrustanorganizationcertifiedb