The well-known trademarks of geographical indications mainly include the following types:

The first batch of China’s well-known trademarks

The first batch of “China’s well-known trademarks” were issued on September 20, 1991 produce. This event was jointly organized by Legal Daily, CCTV, and China Consumer Newspaper. There are 10 "well-known trademarks" in this batch, namely: Maotai (wine), Phoenix (bicycle), Qingdao (beer), Qindao-Liebherr (refrigerator), Zhonghua (cigarettes), Polaris (clocks and watches) , Forever (bicycle), Xiafei (cosmetics), Wuliangye (wine), Luzhou (wine).

Well-known trademarks recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce

By the beginning of 2006, there were a total of 678 well-known trademarks recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Among them, the number of well-known trademarks for goods or services in categories 13, 18, 38, and 45 is zero; the category with the most well-known trademarks is category 25, and the products used are clothing, shoes, and hats.

These 678 cases also include the trademarks of many foreign-funded enterprises. For example, in June 2005, the two trademarks of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. "Nissan" and "Nissan" were recognized as well-known by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. trademark.

Well-known trademarks recognized by the courts

From July 2001 to October 2005, my country's courts recognized a total of 72 well-known trademarks in cases, including 18 in Fujian. 9 cases were recognized in Shandong, 7 in Hubei, 5 in Guangdong and Zhejiang, 4 in Beijing, Jiangsu, and Henan, 2 in Liaoning, Yunnan, Anhui, Hainan, and Hebei, and 2 in Shanghai, Chongqing, and Heilongjiang. , Gansu, Jiangxi, and Tianjin, 1 each.

In addition, in February 2005, the well-known trademark "ZTE ZTE" was recognized by the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, becoming the first well-known trademark in the 38th category.

The only well-known trademark to be revoked

In June 2004, the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce made a ruling that Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical’s “21 Golden Vitamin” Well-known trademark. However, 18 months later, on December 1, 2005, the Beijing Higher People's Court made a final judgment revoking the State Administration for Industry and Commerce's Trademark Review and Adjudication Board's recognition of Hangzhou Minsheng's "21 Golden Vitamin" well-known trademark. This also makes "21 Golden Vitamin" the only well-known trademark in my country that has been revoked so far.

Provisions on well-known trademarks under my country’s Trademark Law

A trademark applied for registration on the same or similar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else’s well-known trademark that has not been registered in China, which is likely to cause confusion , registration is not allowed and use is prohibited.

If the trademark applied for registration for different or dissimilar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of a well-known trademark that has been registered in China by others, misleading the public, and causing the interests of the registrant of the well-known trademark to be potentially harmed, Registration is not allowed and use is prohibited.

The following factors should be considered when determining a well-known trademark: the degree of awareness of the trademark by the relevant public; the duration of use of the trademark; the duration, extent and geographical scope of any publicity work for the trademark; the trademark as a well-known trademark Records of the protection of the trademark; other factors that make the trademark famous.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce recognized 98 well-known trademarks in the second half of 2005

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce recognized 98 well-known trademarks in the second half of 2005, 77 of which were registered by the Trademark Office at the provincial level Among the trademark management cases reported by the local industrial and commercial administration authorities, 10 were identified by the Trademark Office in the ruling on trademark opposition cases, and 11 were identified by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board in the ruling on trademark dispute cases.

Among the 98 well-known trademarks recognized this time, according to the type of trademark, there are 90 commodity trademarks and 8 service trademarks. Among them, 93 trademarks are registered by Chinese companies, and 5 trademarks are registered by foreign companies (including 3 from the United States, 1 from France, and 1 from Japan). Among the 93 trademarks of Chinese companies, 58 are related to export products and 18 are related to agriculture.

Among the 93 Chinese enterprises to which the 93 trademarks belong, there are 9 state-owned enterprises, 5 wholly foreign-owned enterprises, 5 Sino-foreign joint ventures, 74 other economic enterprises, 92 mainland enterprises, and 1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region enterprise.

Among the 98 well-known trademarks, there are a large number of trademarks that are familiar to consumers. There are not only the "Longping Hi-tech" and graphic trademarks named after Yuan Longping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, registered by Yuan Longping Agricultural High-tech Co., Ltd. and used on plant seedlings, but also "Malan Ramen" and "Malan Ramen" used in restaurant services. Graphics, "Holy Elephant" and graphics used on floor products, "Anxi Tieguanyin" and graphics used on tea products, "Dove" used on chocolate products, "Liuyang River" and "Liuyang River" used on liquor products Graphics and other trademarks; not only the trademarks of companies ranked among the world's top 500, such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, COFCO Group, but also many companies ranked among the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises", such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, COFCO Group, China Huaneng Group, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, People's Electrical Appliances Group, Nanshan Group, Qingdao Yizhong Group, Sany Heavy Industry Company and Hainan Airlines and other enterprises.

The recognition of the ICBC graphic trademark and HNA graphic trademark is the first time that well-known trademarks have been recognized in two industries, including banking services and air transportation services. The recognition of the "Anxi Tieguanyin" trademark will increase the number of geographical indication certification trademarks recognized as well-known trademarks to two (the former one is "Jingdezhen").