Types of registered trademark and their items:
There are 45 kinds of trademark including commodity trademark and service trademark:
commodity trademark(34)
chemical industries, electric apparatus,garments,leather,food,drink, building materials,commodities,clocks, computers,medicine,machinery,etc.
Service Trademark(11)
catering, advertisement, emporium,real estate,finance,telecom, computer service, etc.
Approve no application for the registratered trademark:
(1) The word,device or their combination that is used as a trademark are not distinctive as to be distinguishable;
(2) Those identical with or similar to the State name, national flag, national emblem, military flag,or decorations,of the People‘s Republic of China;
(3) Those identical with or similar to the State names, national flags,national emblems or military flags of foreign countries;
(4) Those identical with or similar to the flags, emblems or names, of international intergovernmental organizations;
(5) Those identical with or similar to the symbols, or names, of the Red Cross or the Red Crescent;
(6) Those relating to generic names or designs of the goods in respect of which the trademark is used;
(7) Those having direct reference to the quality, main raw materials,function,use, weight, quantity or other features of the goods in respect of which the trademark is used;
(8) Those having the nature of discrimination against any nationality;
(9) Those having the nature of exaggeration and fraud in advertising goods;
(10)Those detrimental to socialist morals or customs,or having other unhealthy influences.
(11) The geographical names as the administrative divisions at or above the county level and the foreign geographical names well-known to the public (except the geographical names have other meanings)
As for registered trademark which is identical with or similar to the trademark of another person that has, in respect of the same or similar goods,been registered or,after examination,preliminarily approved, the Trademark Office shall refuse the application and shall not publish the said trademark. |