商标法(英文版)Trademark-Law.doc

Trａdemark Law　of the　Ｐeｏple's Repｕbｌic of Ｃhina(ｔｈe 2nd amended　eｄiｔion)Ordeｒ Ｎo． ５9　[]　ｏf preｓiｄentOctoｂeｒ 27, (Adopｔｅd aｔ ｔｈe ２4tｈ　meeｔing of　the Ｓtandｉng Cｏmmｉttee　ｏｆ the　Fiｆth　Natｉonaｌ Pｅoｐｌe＇ｓ　Conｇreｓs on August ２3,　19８2， Amended aｃcording　to　the Decisｉoｎ oｎ Ameｎdiｎg　thｅ　Tｒadｅmａrk Law of ｔhe Ｐｅople'ｓ　Rｅpuｂｌic of Chinａ　at tｈe 3４ｔh　Sesｓiｏn of　thｅ Stanｄing　Ｃomｍittｅe of the 7ｔh Nａtiｏnａｌ Peｏple＇s Ｃongresｓ oｎ　Feｂrｕary 22, １9８3 fｏr ｔhe　fiｒｓt ｔｉｍe， Ａｍｅnded ａccording to the Decｉsioｎ on Ameｎdinｇ ｔhe Trａｄemａｒk Law　of ｔｈe Pｅopｌｅ'ｓ Republｉc of Chinａ at the 2４th Ｓessｉoｎ ｏf　tｈe　Stanｄｉｎｇ Committeｅ of thｅ 9ｔh Natioｎａl Ｐeｏplｅ＇s Congｒesｓ on Ｏctobeｒ ２7, for ｔhｅ ｓeｃonｄ tｉme)CｏntentｓCｈapteｒ　Ｉ Geneｒal　ProｖisionsCｈapter II Aｐｐｌｉcａtion for Trademaｒk ReｇｉｓtｒaｔｉonChapteｒ III Eｘaｍinaｔiｏｎ　aｎｄ Appｒoval ｏf Ｔraｄemark　ReｇistrationChａｐteｒ　IV Reｎewａl,　Aｓsignmｅnｔ aｎd Liｃeｎｓｉng　of　Registereｄ TrａdemarkｓＣｈａpteｒ V　Deｔeｒmiｎａtion　of Dｉspuｔes Cｏnｃeｒning Ｒegiｓtered MaｒksChａptｅr VI Admｉnistｒatioｎ of tｈe Usｅ of　TraｄemarｋsChapter　VIＩ　Pｒotecｔion of tｈｅ Ｒighｔ ｔo Exclusｉｖe Uｓｅ ｏｆ a Ｒegistｅred TraｄemarｋChapter　VＩII Supplementａry ＰroｖisiｏnｓＣhapteｒ I General　ProvisｉｏnsＡrtiｃｌe １ This Law is foｒmulａted for tｈe ｐｕrpose　ｏf ｉmｐｒoｖing thｅ administratｉｏn oｆ ｔradｅmarｋs, protecｔiｎg the riｇht tｏ exclｕsive uｓe　of tradeｍarks aｎｄ　encoｕｒaginｇ producers aｎd　ｏperators to ｇｕａraｎtee　the　quａliｔy ｏf their goods ａnd ｓervicｅs and　ｍａiｎtａｉn ｔhe rｅputatioｎ oｆ tｈeir　tｒademarks, ｓo aｓ　to　protｅct thｅ inteｒｅsts ｏf cｏnｓuｍerｓ aｎd　ｏf produｃers　anｄ　oｐｅrａtoｒs, and ｔo　ｐromoｔｅ the develoｐment of ｔhe ｓoｃｉaｌisｔ　maｒｋｅt ecｏnomy.Aｒticle 2Ｔhe Tｒadeｍaｒk Offｉce ｏf thｅ　adminisｔｒａｔivｅ　ｄeparｔｍent for inｄｕstry aｎd　commｅrｃe ｕndｅｒ　ｔhｅ State Councｉl　shall ｂe in chａｒge　ｏf tｈe ｔｒａｄemark ｒegistratｉon ａnd administrａtion　tｈrｏugｈout ｔｈe cｏuｎｔrｙ．Tｈｅ adminisｔrative　dｅpａrtment foｒ industry　and coｍmeｒｃe undeｒ the Statｅ　Couｎcil shall esｔablｉsh a Trａdemaｒk　Review anｄ　Aｄjudｉｃａtion Boaｒd to　be ｒesｐonsible ｆor handling　trａdeｍaｒｋ disｐｕtes.Artｉcle　３Registｅrｅd tｒadeｍarkｓ are tｈosｅ tｈａｔ　have ｂeen apｐroved ａnｄ　regｉstｅred bｙ the Trademarｋ Offｉcｅ， including ｃｏmmｏｄｉty trademaｒkｓ， service trａdemarks, cｏｌlecｔiｖe mａrks　aｎd cｅrtifｉcation marｋs; trademarｋ rｅgisｔｒants ｓｈalｌ be ｅntｉtled　tｏ　ｔｈｅ　rigｈｔ to eｘclｕsiｖｅ uｓe　of　their trademａｒks anｄ ｓhall be prｏtｅctｅd bｙ　law.Coｌｌｅctｉve marks usｅｄ　iｎ this Laｗ shaｌl　refer to　tｈe markｓ that are registｅreｄ　in the　naｍｅ ｏf　grｏuｐs, aｓsociations or ｏｔher orgａｎizationｓ aｎd that　are ｐrovided to the members of ｔhe sａｉd　organizations for　businｅss activｉｔy　ｕsｅ， ｔhus　to　indicate tｈｅ meｍbersｈｉp oｆ ｔhｅ uｓeｒs in ｔhe　said orgaｎizａtions.Certｉfｉcatｉｏn ｍarks useｄ ｉn this Laｗ ｓhａll rｅfｅr　to the markｓ tｈat　ａre　controｌlｅd ｂy　tｈe ｏrganiｚatioｎs with supｅrvisｉng poｗer　oｖer　sｏme kｉnd oｆ　cｏmｍodities or sｅrvｉces yet aｒe usｅd　by　tｈe units　or inｄｉvｉｄuａls ａpａｒt from tｈｅ said orgaｎizaｔｉons on tｈeiｒ　commodiｔiｅs ｏr ｓervices, thus ｔo cerｔｉfiｃate thｅ　ｏrigins, raw ｍaｔｅriａls, mａnufａcturinｇ ｍｅthｏds,　quaｌiｔy or othｅｒ sｐecifiｃ charaｃterｉstｉｃs ｏｆ　the ｓaｉd cｏmmodｉties or seｒvices.Thｅ speｃｉaｌ matterｓ conｃeｒniｎｇ thｅ ｒeｇisｔrａtion aｎd aｄｍiｎistｒaｔion　of coｌlｅｃｔｉvｅ　maｒkｓ aｎｄ cｅrｔificatiｏｎ　mａrks　shalｌ bｅ providｅd fｏｒ by the departmeｎｔ fｏｒ indusｔrｙ and coｍmeｒｃe undｅr　the Ｓtate　Cｏunｃiｌ.Aｒticｌｅ　4Anｙ nａtural person,　leｇal person or oｔher organization thａt neｅdｓ ｔo aｃquire tｈｅ righｔ to exclusive　usｅ of a trａdemaｒｋ ｆoｒ tｈｅ comｍodｉtｉes it produces, manufactureｓ，　processes， seleｃｔs oｒ　ｍarkeｔs　shall file ａn applｉｃaｔiｏn foｒ cｏmmodity　trａｄeｍａrk regｉstratｉｏn with the　Tｒademark　Oｆfiｃe．Aｎｙ nａtｕｒaｌ persｏn,　lｅgal pｅrsoｎ ｏr ｏｔheｒ　oｒgａnization thaｔ needs to acqｕｉre tｈe　right ｔo　exclusivｅ usｅ oｆ a tｒａｄeｍark　fｏr the sｅrｖiｃe itemｓ　iｔ　proｖｉdes　sｈａll fｉｌｅ ａn aｐｐｌicatiｏn for serｖicｅ trａdｅmark　registrａtｉoｎ with　the Trademaｒk Office．Ｔhe provisioｎｓ of　this Ｌａw　relａtｉｎｇ ｔｏ comｍodiｔy tｒadｅmarks ｓｈaｌｌ　be appliｃａｂlｅ to tｈe serｖice trａｄemaｒｋs.Arｔｉcle ５Two or more ｎatural ｐｅrsoｎｓ, ｌegal ｐersons　or　ｏthｅr ｏrｇanizaｔioｎs ｍaｙ jointlｙ applｙ to　tｈe Tｒａdemark　Oｆfiｃe for　the rｅgisｔratｉｏn of the　saｍe trａdeｍａrk，　aｎｄ enjoｙ ａｎd exercisｅ　the ｒｉght　to　exclｕsｉve use of thａt traｄeｍark jｏｉｎtly.Artｉｃle ６With respect　to　ｔｈe comｍodiｔieｓ　that thｅ ｓtaｔe　haｓ　designａted　as　ｒequiｒｉｎg the ｕse of ａ ｒeｇistｅreｄ tｒademark, ａｎ　aｐplｉcａｔiｏｎ for tｒademaｒk rｅgisｔration　must ｂe filed；　the coｍｍodiｔｉes　ｍay　not be sold on the　market　beｆore the　ｒeｇistratｉoｎ ｉs granteｄ.Ａｒtｉcle 7Tｈｅ usｅr ｏf a trａｄｅmaｒk shall　be rｅｓpoｎｓible for thｅ quality　ｏf　tｈｅ ｃommｏｄities on　whｉcｈ tｈe trademaｒk ｉｓ　useｄ.　Thｅ adminｉsｔｒａtiｖｅ　deparｔmｅｎｔs　ｆｏr iｎｄuｓｔry　and　coｍmeｒｃe at all leｖeｌｓ　shaｌl, bｙ　means oｆ tｒademarｋ adminiｓtraｔion, ｓtop ａny pｒａctices that dｅceiｖe　ｔhe consumers.Ａrticle ８Aｎ　application ｆoｒ trａdemａｒk　registratioｎ ｍay be fｉled ｆoｒ any vｉｓible mａrk　iｎｃlｕｄinｇ worｄ, design,　letter,　numｂer, ３D (tｈｒｅe－diｍeｎｓion) ｍarｋ or color　cｏｍbinaｔiｏn,　oｒ　tｈe ｃombinatｉon of thｅ　ｅleｍents aboｖｅ mentｉoned,　tｈat caｎ distinguｉsh the commodｉｔieｓ of the　ｎatｕrａｌ person, ｌegal perｓｏn or other　ｏｒgａｎizatiｏn。