In order to effectively improve the quality and efficiency of the substantive examination of territorial extension of trademark international registration, the Trademark Office has actively stepped up pressure and significantly shortened the examination time stipulated in international treaties. The current territorial extension examination period is stipulated in international treaties as 12 months. The review time is shortened to 7 months, shortening the 18-month review time stipulated by international treaties to 10 months. It is expected that by the end of July this year, the 12-month trial period stipulated by international treaties can be shortened to 6 months in advance; by the end of November this year, the 18-month trial period can be shortened to 6 months.

In recent years, the number of international registration applications designated by foreign applicants has grown rapidly, with 21,200 in 2016 and 26,100 in 2017. The annual growth rate is 23%, ranking first in Madrid for 13 consecutive years. First in the league. While deepening the reform to facilitate trademark registration, the Trademark Office attaches great importance to the equal protection of the rights and interests of foreign applicants, and while significantly shortening the domestic trademark registration review cycle, it has accelerated the reform to facilitate international registration.

Since the Shanghai Trademark Examination Collaboration Center was put into operation on September 29, 2017, the Trademark Office has regarded strengthening the international business construction of the Shanghai Examination Association as one of its priorities, starting from personnel recruitment, training, management, etc., to enrich the examination power to improve review quality and efficiency. The International Division of the Trademark Office actively undertakes international business guidance and training. During the transitional period of institutional reform, it unified its thinking and ensured continuous work and undiminished motivation. Pay attention to strengthening study and research, improve the ability to guide business work, conduct special research on outstanding issues in the examination work such as three-dimensional trademark examination, classification of major similar groups, and key points of signatures, to further improve the quality of examination, and the error rate of substantive examination of territorial extension increased from January this year dropped from 8.4% to 2% in May, and no serious review quality errors occurred. Always bearing in mind the work requirement that review deadlines are the lifeline, and with the goal of improving review efficiency, from January to May 2018, 36,805 categories of reviews were completed and 33,823 categories of documents were signed. < /p>