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Is it infringement to use other people's trademarks as company names and website names?
Whether it is illegal to use someone else's trademark as the company name has the following two situations:

The company name approved by 1. enjoys the right of name, and there is no infringement with the same name as the trademark. However, an unapproved company name may be infringing.

2. Although the approved company has the same name as the trademark and there is no infringement, it violates the provisions of Article 57 of the Trademark Law and illegally uses the trademark, which constitutes infringement.

It is also illegal for a website to have the same name as other websites. "Interim Measures for the Administration of Website Name Registration" Article 7 Website owners shall enjoy the exclusive right to the registered website name, and no unit or individual may use the same name as others' registered websites on their own websites without authorization.

"Implementation Measures for the Administration of Enterprise Name Registration" Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the names of enterprise legal persons and unincorporated enterprises registered by the administrative department for industry and commerce.

Article 3 An enterprise shall choose its own name according to law and apply for registration. An enterprise enjoys the right of name from the date of its establishment.

Article 57 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits any of the following acts, all of which are infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:

(1) Using the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the trademark registrant;

(2) Without the permission of the trademark registrant, using a trademark similar to its registered trademark on the same kind of goods, or using a trademark identical with or similar to its registered trademark on similar goods is likely to cause confusion;

(3) selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;

(4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of registered trademark marks of others or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademark marks;

(five) without the consent of the trademark registrant, the registered trademark is changed and the goods with the changed trademark are put on the market again;

(6) Deliberately facilitating the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark of others and helping others to commit the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark;

(seven) causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others.