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More Goods/Services Acceptable to China Trademark Office, See If You Can Get ExactlyWhat You Want!
DATE:2018-05-17 FROM:
In July, August and September of
2016, the China Trademark Office (TMO) successively published more than 3000
new items of goods/services acceptable for trademark registration. The
addition of these new goods/services are expected to greatly facilitate
trademark applicants' registration and protection efforts.
Before the addition, these new items were deemed as "non-standard
terms" and were usually not allowed to be designated in trademark
applications. Thus, instead of an exact description, many applicants had
to choose items from TMO's current reference table of goods/services
classification which are only similar to items they really wanted to register.
For instance, a provider of roof racks for skies and board on automobiles
previously had to register "cargo carrier" or other similar terms,
and a manufacturer of "POS machines" had to choose the standard term "data
processing apparatus" or the like. Registrants in such a situation
might face difficulty in future trademark enforcement actions or in defense
against non-use cancellations.
The addition of the new items help ease many of such difficulties. In
future applications, applicants will enjoy more flexibility in
designations. For applicants who could not choose the most desirable
goods/services, if the goods/services now become acceptable, they can consider
filing new applications to cover the goods/services.
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