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Trademark owner
The trademark user and the trademark owner can be the same person or different people. Usually, the trademark owner is the legal right holder who enjoys the exclusive right to the trademark. According to the relevant laws and procedures, the owner can transfer or license the trademark to others, which leads to the difference between the owner and the user. The user only has the right to use the trademark within the authorized scope and does not have the exclusive right to other trademarks of the owner.

1. What is the relationship between the trademark user and the trademark owner? If a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for its goods or services in production and business activities, it shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration. Usually, the applicant who files a registered trademark with the Trademark Office is the owner of the registered trademark, but sometimes the trademark registrant transfers or licenses the right to use the trademark. Causing the trademark user to be different from the trademark owner. In this case, the trademark user has the legal right to use the trademark within the authorized scope, but does not enjoy the exclusive rights of other unauthorized trademarks. Applicants for trademark registration must be legally established enterprises, institutions, social organizations and individual businessmen. Foreigners or foreign enterprises from countries that have entered into an agreement with China or participated in international treaties with China or handled according to the principle of reciprocity, who meet the above conditions and need to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark, shall file an application for trademark registration with the Trademark Office on a voluntary basis. If you apply in the name of a natural person, you need to show your ID card and submit a copy of your identity. To apply for registration with an enterprise as the applicant, it is necessary to produce a copy of the business license of the enterprise and provide a copy of the business license signed by the issuing authority. A complete application for trademark registration stamped with the official seal of the unit and personal signature.

2. Infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark 1. Using a trademark identical with or similar to its registered trademark on the same or similar goods without the permission of the trademark registrant; 2. Selling goods that infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark; 3. Forging or manufacturing others' registered trademark logos without authorization or selling forged or manufactured registered trademark logos without authorization; 4, without the consent of the trademark registrant, change its registered trademark and put the goods with the changed trademark on the market again; 5, causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others. To sum up, according to the relevant national laws and regulations, under normal circumstances, the trademark registrant is the trademark owner and also the trademark user. However, among the exclusive rights enjoyed by the trademark owner, the trademark owner can authorize others to use the trademark, resulting in the situation that the trademark user and the owner are not the same person. Therefore, the trademark user and the trademark owner can sometimes be unified or not.