1. What are the legal provisions for trademark squatting by listed companies? The meaning of the term "trademark squatting" has gone through two stages of development. In the first stage, the objects of trademark squatting are basically limited to unregistered trademarks. At this stage, the connotation of trademark squatting has been further expanded, that is, the act of applying for registration of a trademark or a well-known trademark that is already well-known to the public on non-similar goods or services is also a squatting registration. Furthermore, it can be considered that the act of applying for registration of other people’s innovative designs, design patents, company names and trade names, abbreviations of listed companies, and other prior rights as trademarks should also be regarded as trademark squatting.” However, due to squatting Different objects are involved, and the legal principles involved are also different: the former is the dispute between "first to apply" and "first to use" of trademarks, and the main issue involved is the principle of occurrence of trademark rights; the latter is mainly about "first to apply" and "first to use". The scope of protection of "prior trademark rights" and the protection of "other prior rights" also touch on the principle of occurrence of trademark rights. (1) The conflict between "first to apply" and "first to use" First to apply and first to use First, there are two procedural principles for confirming trademark rights. The substantive basis is the principle of registration and the principle of use. The so-called registration principle is to determine the ownership of trademark rights according to the order in which they apply for trademark registration. Whoever applies first will be granted exclusive rights to the trademark. Who, regardless of whether the trademark has been used. Application for registration is the only legal fact that forms the exclusive right of a trademark, so the most basic legal feature of the registration principle is the use principle corresponding to the registration principle. The ownership of a trademark is determined by the order of the trademark. Whoever uses the trademark first will enjoy the exclusive rights of the trademark. It is not necessary to apply for trademark registration. The registration principle and the use principle have their own advantages and disadvantages. The registration principle is used to obtain the exclusive rights of the trademark. In the management of trademarks, it is easy to identify disputes over the ownership of trademarks. The legal relationship of trademark rights is clear and stable, and it is easy to investigate and obtain evidence. Its disadvantages are that it is too rigid and lacks flexibility, and it cannot protect the prior right to use the trademark. Using the principle of use to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark fully protects the prior use rights of the parties, is flexible and practical, and can avoid confusion among consumers due to the successive use of the same trademark by different users. However, it lacks stability and requires verification of the use of the trademark by the trademark user. It is difficult to obtain evidence, which is not conducive to trademark management. Most countries now use the registration principle to obtain and confirm the exclusive rights of trademarks. Only a few countries such as the United States use the registration principle to determine that the first person to apply for trademark registration has exclusive rights to the trademark. The legal results of this system provide the possibility and inevitability for trademark squatting. 2. Limitation of the scope of trademark right protection. Trademark right is a kind of property right closely related to the business entity. As a kind of property right, trademark right can be passed. Use, licensing, transfer, etc. bring certain economic benefits to its owners. Compared with general tangible property rights, the property value contained in trademark rights is uncertain. Value mainly does not refer to the cost of creating, using and maintaining a trademark, but refers to the profitability of a trademark. The profitability of a trademark depends on the market leadership of various indicators of the product marked by the trademark and the stability of the trademark's earnings. , the basic situation of trademarks in market competition, the possibility of trademark extension, the potential ability of trademarks to develop into the international market, continued investment in trademarks, the intensity of legal protection, and many other factors are very uncertain. , even the addition of a powerful new competitor can immediately break the original balance of power in the market and affect the trademark's profitability. In fact, our country has fully protected all rights, but in practice, others still infringe on their own rights and interests. At this time, the parties should use legal weapons to defend themselves, such as trademark squatting. Such behavior should be filed in court or applied to the Trademark Board for cancellation.