Question: My company successfully applied for registration of a trademark for automobile products in 2008. Later, the Trademark Office learned that the trademark was a common name for automobiles. In 2009, the Trademark Office revoked the registered trademark. My company was dissatisfied. , I would like to ask: Does the Trademark Office have the right to proactively cancel a registered trademark?

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The main contents of applying for trademark registration are as follows:

(1) Principles of trademark registration application

1. First-to-apply principle. The first person to apply is allowed to obtain the exclusive right to use the trademark, and other applications are rejected.

2. One application for one trademark principle. It is allowed to apply for registration of the same trademark for use on different categories of goods in one application.

3. Principle of voluntary registration. Under normal circumstances, trademark users can decide on their own whether to apply for registration of the trademark they use.

(2) Trademark registration application documents

To apply for trademark registration, the following documents should be submitted to the Trademark Office:

1. Trademark registration application;

2. Ten copies of the trademark drawing and one black and white ink draft;

3. If the applicant registers a trademark for medicine or tobacco products, he should also attach a certification document issued by the health administration department or the National Tobacco Documentation proving production approval by the competent authority. Applications for registered trademarks for other goods for which the state stipulates that registered trademarks must be used must be accompanied by approval documents from relevant departments.

4. If you entrust a trademark agency to handle the trademark registration application, you should submit a trademark agent power of attorney filled out in the format uniformly formulated by the Trademark Office.