NEWSPage index:Home > NEWS > Details page

Criteria of China Trademark Registration

Update Date:2015-9-29 8:26:11 Source:Tannet (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Views:645

Malaysia Hotline: +603- 2141 8908


China trademark registration is registered through the China Trademark Office. The State Administration of Industry and Commerce is responsible for administering trademarks.

China trademark registration is follows a "first-to-file" rule for obtaining trade mark rights. This means that the first person to file a trade mark application will generally have priority over a prior user of the trademark in China. It is advisable to file China trademark applications in China market as soon as possible.

However, whether the China trademark applied for being published or refused depends on whether it is identical with or similar to the trademark of another person who enjoys priory in respect of the same or similar goods, where it is identical with or similar to the trademark of another person which, in respect of the same or similar goods, has been registered or, after examination, preliminary approved, the China Trademark Office shall refuse the application and shall not publish (the said trademark).

Below are the Criteria of China Trademark Registration: 

1. Identical of verbal trademark means that in the same language, the verbal elements, pronunciation and meaning of the trademarks are the same, the figures forming the trademark have no difference in view or the difference is minute.

2. If the verbal elements of the trademarks using the same language are same in meaning and refer to the same object, but are different in pronunciation and form, and there is great difference in overall structure, they will not be decided as similar trademarks usually.


Contact us

If you have further queries, please contact Tannet
24 hours Malaysia hotline:603-21418908;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline:852-27837818;
24 hours Hong Kong hotline:86-755- 36990589;
Email: mytannet@gmail.com
TANNET GROUP : http://www.tannet-group.nethttp://en.tannet.com.my

Previous:Employees Provident Fund (EPF)

Next:Procedures & Appointment of Company Secretary