Legal basis: Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 4 If a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for its goods or services in production and business activities, it shall apply to the Trademark Office for trademark registration. The application for registration of a malicious trademark that is not intended to be used shall be rejected. The provisions of this Law on commodity trademarks shall apply to service trademarks.
Article 15 If an agent or representative registers the principal or the trademark of the principal in his own name without authorization, and the principal or the principal objects to it, it shall not be registered and the use thereof shall be prohibited.
Where the trademark applied for registration on the same or similar goods is the same as or similar to the unregistered trademark previously used by others, and the applicant has a contract, business relationship or other relationship with others other than those specified in the preceding paragraph, knowing that the trademark of others exists, and others raise objections, registration shall not be granted.
Article 19 A trademark agency shall follow the principle of good faith, abide by laws and administrative regulations, accept the entrustment of the principal, and handle trademark registration applications or other trademark matters; Have the obligation to keep confidential the business secrets of the principal known in the process of agency. According to the provisions of this law, if the trademark applied for registration by the client may not be registered, the trademark agency shall clearly inform the client. If the trademark agency knows or should know that the trademark applied for registration by the client has the circumstances stipulated in Articles 4, 15 and 32 of this Law, it shall not accept its entrustment. A trademark agency shall not apply for other trademark registration except agency services.