* * * Private trademark: several entities share the trademark right of the same trademark. Article 5 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Trademark Law) stipulates: "Two or more natural persons, legal persons or other organizations may apply to the Trademark Office for registration of the same trademark and jointly enjoy and exercise the trademark right." Although the * * * of intellectual property rights has long existed in China's laws, the trademark right of * * * appeared for the first time in the Trademark Law.

There are two ways to obtain * * * trademarks: original acquisition and derivative acquisition. Original acquisition is relatively simple, that is, two or more rights subjects apply to the Trademark Office for registration of the same trademark, thus obtaining the trademark right.

There are three ways of derivative acquisition: one is transfer acquisition, that is, contract acquisition: 1 The trademark owner * * * has transferred the * * * share of the trademark right to a third person other than the owner through a contract. 2. Two or more obligees enjoy the same trademark right through contract. 3. The trademark owner of a single subject transfers part of its trademark rights.

The second is inheritance, which is easy to understand: 1. That is, natural persons obtain the trademark right of a single subject through inheritance and inheritance distribution. When the main trademark owner dies, the successor can inherit the trademark. When the trademark owner dies, his successor will inherit the identity of the obligee and become the trademark owner.

In addition to inheritance, there is inheritance, which can be essentially different: that is, legal persons or other organizations obtain the trademark right of * * * through merger or division. Paragraph 2 of Article 44 of the General Principles of the Civil Law stipulates that "when an enterprise is divided or merged, its rights and obligations shall be enjoyed and assumed by the changed legal person", among which rights include trademark rights.