Because tobacco companies don't seem to constitute legal infringement. Hongyun Honghe Tobacco (Group) Co., Ltd.;
Guizhou Company of China Tobacco Corporation applied for the trademark name of "Tian Yan" on March 7, 2007 and March 20, 2007 respectively. The latter trademark status is invalid, but the former application is successful. In addition, Hongyun Honghe applied for the registration of two trademarks, "Tianyan Yunyan FASTSINCE20 16" and the website of the tobacco company, but the related registered trademarks were invalid.
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The registration of Tian Yan as a cigarette trademark reflects a series of problems in trademark and intellectual property protection. For society and scientific research units, timely and effective registration is a very important aspect.
Su Xiaonan said: "Maybe everyone thinks that this is a national key project and its rights and interests should be protected. It's true. The law stipulates that citizens' rights and interests should also be protected.
However, as the construction plan of the project or from the perspective of the enterprise, it is still necessary to apply for trademark registration in time, including other intellectual property rights, and also apply for patents when patents are involved.
Because the trademark system implemented in China is the principle of online application, it is best to apply for trademark registration when this scientific research project is established. "Trademark rights of similar major projects should be pre-planned and applied not only for their core products, but also for derivative products and Chinese and English names. These should be considered comprehensively.
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