The Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce recently sent a letter to China Internet Information Center to communicate on standardizing the domain name registration service of domain name registration service agencies. The letter pointed out that many enterprises recently called or came to our bureau to report that some domain name registration service agencies informed them to apply for registration of "electronic trademarks" within a time limit and charged a fee of 5,000 yuan per 10; Otherwise, it shall be deemed as giving up the "ownership of the use of the electronic trademark" and shall not use its registered trademark on the Internet thereafter. These enterprises think that the practice of domain name registration service organizations has caused them confusion and left them at a loss. Some enterprises even think that this is an administrative organ extorting fees from them in disguise through a domain name registration service agency.
This statement of the Trademark Office in the editor's letter.
The Trademark Office stated in the letter that according to the Trademark Law and the Measures for the Administration of Internet Domain Names in China, we believe that: 1. Trademark is a symbol to distinguish the source of goods or services, which belongs to the category of intellectual property, and its use and registration are clearly stipulated by law. Trademark law is the most basic law about trademarks, and there is no concept of "electronic trademark". Therefore, "electronic trademark" is not a legal term and has nothing to do with the "trademark" stipulated in the Trademark Law. 2. Article 2 of the Trademark Law stipulates: "The Trademark Office of the State Council Administration for Industry and Commerce is in charge of the national trademark registration and management." Item (7) of Article 3 of China's Measures for the Administration of Internet Domain Names stipulates: "A domain name registration service organization refers to a service organization that accepts and examines domain name registration applications and completes the registration of domain names in the domain name database." Therefore, our bureau is the only trademark registration institution stipulated by law; Domain name registration service agencies are organizations that provide domain name registration services to the society, and do not have the function of accepting and reviewing applications for electronic trademark registration. Third, some domain name registration service agencies manufacture and use the word "electronic trademark", misinterpreting the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law and the Measures for the Administration of Internet Domain Names in China to solicit business, which will not benefit the domain name registration in China, but will only interfere with the implementation of the Trademark Law and mislead enterprises and consumers.