The first well-known trademark S Freon recognized by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce was recognized by the Trademark Office in 1983.

In 1983, in response to the Freon trademark of DuPont in the United States, because Freon had become the common name of refrigerants in my country at that time, considering that the trademark enjoyed high popularity internationally and was protected by trademarks, the relevant departments of our country required Similar domestic products can only be called fluorine refrigerant, not Freon. PIZZAHUT and the picture are the first well-known trademarks officially recognized by China. Tongrentang can only be said to be the first domestic trademark to be recognized as a well-known trademark.

Tongrentang, China’s first well-known trademark.

In many materials and reports about well-known trademarks, Tongrentang trademark is considered to be China’s first well-known trademark. Tongrentang was established in 1989 It is recognized as a well-known trademark by the Trademark Office, but in fact it is not the first well-known trademark recognized by the National Trademark Office. The first well-known trademark recognized by the Trademark Office is the trademark of a foreign company.

"Well-known Trademark" (Well-known TrademarK), also known as a well-known trademark, first appeared in the "Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property" signed in 1883 (hereinafter referred to as the "Paris Convention"). my country joined the Convention in 1984 and became its 95th member state. Like other member states that have joined the Paris Convention, special legal protection for well-known trademarks in accordance with the provisions of the Convention has become an important part of my country's trademark legal work.