What does trademark renewal mean
Registered trademark renewal refers to the period when the registered trademark owner expires one day after the trademark registration validity period expires. Within a period of time after the year, certain procedures shall be completed in accordance with the law to extend the validity period of the registered trademark.
According to the Trademark Law revised in 2013, Article 40 If a registered trademark expires and needs to be continued to be used, the trademark registrant shall go through the renewal procedures in accordance with the regulations within twelve months before expiration; if it fails to do so during this period, a six-month extension period may be granted . Each renewal of registration is valid for ten years, starting from the day after the expiration of the previous term of validity of the trademark. If renewal procedures are not completed upon expiration, the registered trademark will be cancelled.
Article 57 of the Trademark Law: Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:
(1) Using the same trademark as the registered trademark on the same product without the permission of the trademark registrant;
(2) Using a trademark that is similar to its registered trademark on the same product without the permission of the trademark registrant, or using a trademark that is the same or similar to its registered trademark on similar products, which may easily lead to confusion
(3) Sales that infringe registered trademarks goods;
(4) Counterfeiting, Making other people’s registered trademarks without authorization or selling counterfeit or unauthorized registered trademarks;
(5) Changing the registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and putting the goods with the changed trademark back on the market;
(6) Intentionally providing facilities for infringement of the exclusive rights to trademarks of others and helping others to infringe the exclusive rights to trademarks;
(7) Conferring exclusive rights to registered trademarks of others Other damages.
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