As we all know, the colors of words, graphics, letters, numbers, sounds, three-dimensional signs or their combinations that constitute a trademark are registered and protected in black and white if the specified color requirements are not clearly put forward when applying for trademark registration. If the specified color or color combination is explicitly put forward, it is registered and protected in black and white.
1 As a trademark, it refers to the smallest writing unit of phonetic alphabet, including phonetic alphabet and foreign letters, such as English letters and Latin letters. The original Trademark Law classified a trademark consisting only of letters as word mark, while the newly revised Trademark Law of 200/kloc-0 regards letters as one of the constituent elements of trademarks, which is more practical and convenient for trademark authorities.
2. Numbers, as the constituent elements of trademarks, are also the new provisions of 200 1 Trademark Law. Numbers that constitute trademarks can be Arabic numerals or Chinese capital numerals.
3. As a three-dimensional mark that constitutes a trademark, it can also be called a three-dimensional mark, which has three dimensions: length, width and height. Trademark marks composed of three-dimensional marks are called three-dimensional marks, which are different from the trademark patterns we usually see on the plane, but appear in the form of three-dimensional substances, which may appear in the shape of goods or in containers or other places of goods. The Regulations on the Registration and Protection of Three-dimensional Signs was issued in 2000.
4. As a trademark element alone, color combination is also a new addition in the Trademark Law of 200 1. The unique and novel TINT can not only give people a sense of beauty, but also be remarkable. It can show the product or source, and can also distinguish producers, operators or service providers.
The above-mentioned six types of trademark elements can be registered as trademarks separately, or two or more of these elements can be arbitrarily combined, the same or different, but they must comply with the relevant provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of the Trademark Law.