Provisions on the time limit for trademark examination and trial in the new Trademark Law 1 The Fourth Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress voted to adopt the "Amendment of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress" on August 30, 2013 "Decision of the People's Republic of China on Trademark Law", the new Trademark Law will come into effect on May 1, 2014. The Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China was enacted in 1982 and revised twice in 1993 and 2001. It is the first specialized intellectual property law promulgated after my country's reform and opening up. For the first time, the new Trademark Law clarifies the time limits for trademark registration review, such as the time limit for preliminary review of new trademark registration applications, time limits for opposition cases, time limits for review of denial of registration, time limit for review of rejection, time limit for review of invalidation, and other legal working time limits.