How does the law protect well-known trademarks
1. The trademark applied for registration on the same or similar goods is a copy, Imitation or translation of other people's well-known trademarks that have not been registered in China, which is likely to cause confusion, will not be registered and is prohibited from use.
2. Different or similar products If the trademark applied for registration is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else's well-known trademark that has been registered in China, misleading the public and causing possible damage to the interests of the registrant of the well-known trademark, it will not be registered and its use will be prohibited.
3. If a registered trademark violates the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, within five years from the date of trademark registration, the trademark owner or interested party may request the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board to cancel the registered trademark. For cases registered in bad faith, the owner of a well-known trademark is not subject to the five-year time limit.
4. The use of trademarks violates Article 1 of the Trademark Law As stipulated in Article 13, the relevant parties may request the industrial and commercial administrative department to prohibit use. If the trademark office determines it to be a well-known trademark in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the Trademark Law, the industrial and commercial administration department shall order the infringer to stop using the well-known trademark in violation of Article 13 of the Trademark Law, and seize and destroy the trademark.Trademarks and logos; if the trademarks and logos are difficult to separate from the goods, they will be confiscated and destroyed together.
5. The owner of a well-known trademark believes that others have used it If a well-known trademark is registered as a business name and may deceive or cause misunderstanding to the public, you may apply to the competent authority for business name registration to cancel the registration of the business name.
6. Others’ domain names or their main parts If a well-known trademark is copied, imitated, translated or transliterated, the registration and use of domain names shall be deemed to constitute infringement or unfair competition.
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