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What should I do if the trademark category 35 is squatted?
1. What should I do if the trademark category 35 is squatted? 1. If a registered trademark is in the period of preliminary examination and announcement, you can file an objection with the Trademark Office. 2. If a registered trademark has been approved, it may apply to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for cancellation within five years after the registration of the trademark; Where a registered trademark belongs to a well-known trademark, there is no time limit for filing an application for cancellation. 3. If a registered trademark has not been used for a long time after registration, it may apply to the Trademark Office for cancellation on the grounds that it has stopped using for three consecutive years. 4. Re-register the trademark, and the trademark cannot be similar to the original trademark. As for the fear of not using trademarks, as long as the products are of good quality and pay attention to publicity and promotion, they can also achieve good sales. A trademark does not have to correspond to a trade name. Second, malicious cybersquatting is harmful (1), which destroys the normal market competition order, seriously damages the economic interests of normal operators, and hinders China's transition from manufacturing economy to brand economy. The essence of malicious cybersquatting is the misappropriation of others' goodwill or reputation, or the illegal occupation of public resources, which will inevitably destroy the normal market competition order. In order to deal with malicious registered trademarks, enterprises either buy back at a high price, or invest a lot of manpower and material resources to solve lawsuits, or register a large number of so-called "defensive trademarks" in advance, resulting in unwarranted waste of economic resources. The proliferation of malicious registered trademarks affects the cultivation of trademark awareness of legitimate operators and hinders or even stifles the formation of well-known brands. (2) It consumes a lot of trademark examination and judicial resources, endangering the order of trademark registration and use. Due to the prevalence of malicious cybersquatting, including infringement of others' rights and interests, occupation of public resources, and no real intention to use trademarks, the already overwhelmed trademark examiners and judicial personnel have been aggravated, and the efficiency of trademark examination and litigation has been seriously reduced. The number of trademark applications and trademarks in China ranks first in the world for ten consecutive years, and it is still increasing at a rate of more than 1O% every year. Due to the long period of trademark examination and many obstacles in the early stage, it is difficult to apply for a normal trademark, which affects the establishment of a normal trademark order. (3) The international image of intellectual property protection in China is seriously endangered. For example, the Japanese industrial economy publicly accused China of malicious cybersquatting, and the Italian Foreign Trade Commission made a special trip to China to crack down on counterfeit Italian brands. Now, our consumption pays more attention to quality and brand, so all enterprises begin to carry out brand management. We will find that the most important accessory value of goods is brand influence, especially in the luxury goods industry. Once a trademark involves cybersquatting, it is a very serious matter for the brand. Please consult a professional lawyer about how to deal with it.