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Who is the respondent in Article 15, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Trademark Review and Adjudication Rules? Under what circumstances is there a respondent?

1. In the trademark review rules, there are many types of trademark review cases, such as review where the party is dissatisfied with the Trademark Office’s rejection of the trademark registration application; review where the party is dissatisfied with the Trademark Office’s objection ruling; review where the party is dissatisfied with the Trademark Office’s declaration of invalidity Those who are dissatisfied with the ruling and so on.

3. The respondent will appear when multiple parties are involved in the review case. For example, in a review case of rejection review, the only parties involved are the Trademark Office, the trademark application and the applicant for the trademark. When the applicant refuses to accept the rejection, the case arises between the applicant and the Trademark Office. When a trademark is declared invalid, anyone with legitimate reasons can declare the registered trademark invalid within the specified period. At this time, the party filing the invalidation declaration is the applicant of the case, and the party subject to the invalidation declaration is the respondent. The trademark is For disputed trademarks, both parties can provide relevant evidence and materials to support the invalidation case.