This memo offers brief updates on trademark prosecution in the PRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trademark Office (TMO), the Trademark Review and Adjudication Division (TRAD) and the courts are continuing to reject more and more applications based upon absolute grounds as well as a larger number of citations, ostensibly based upon a policy introduced in 2023 intended to reduce the overall number of new marks approved in China. Trademark owners need to keep the heightened risk of rejection in mind when strategizing on new filings. Early filing is recommended to allow time for dealing with possible refusals. For further details, see \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The TMO has imposed a number of new requirements on petitioners seeking cancellation of registrations for non-use, including requirements that seem intended to prevent petitioners from filing through proxies. See \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a> for our latest firm update on these developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The TRAD and courts are continuing to reject nearly all consent letters submitted in appeals of rejected applications.\u00a0See \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a> for further details. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The TRAD and courts are consistently agreeing to suspend the handling of application appeals pending the results of co-pending actions against cited marks. For further details, see \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The legislature and CNIPA are continuing research and consultations over a proposed amendment of the Trademark Law. Enactment of any revision is unlikely until 2026 or 2027. For East IP\u2019s White Paper on a draft revision of the law circulated for public comment in 2023, see \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The TMO and TRAD are continuing to process applications and other actions at a respectable pace by comparison to other countries, with new applications generally examined within three to five months. For further details, see \u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\u53c2\u89c1\u6b64\u5904<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This memo offers brief updates on trademark prosecution in the PRC.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"[]"},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[32,129,90,42],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","category-trademark","tag-bad-faith","tag-consent-letters","tag-rejections","tag-trademark-prosecution"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4096,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/4096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.east-ip.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Non-Use Cancellations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Consent Letters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Suspension of Application-Appeals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Status of Revision of PRC Trademark Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pendency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n