On November 6, 2012, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Justice issued the "Measures for the Administration of Law Firms Engaging in Trademark Agency Business" with Industrial Trademark Zi [2012] No. 192.

The Measures allow law firms to engage in trademark agency business as long as they complete the filing procedures for relevant matters as required. The basis is:

Article 5: A law firm may accept the client’s entrustment and assign lawyers to handle the following trademark agency services:

(1) Agency for trademark registration applications, changes, renewals, and transfers , certificate renewal, pledge registration, license contract filing, opposition, cancellation, revocation, Madrid international registration and other related trademark matters under the jurisdiction of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Trademark Office);

(II ) Act as an agent for trademark registration rejection review, objection review, cancellation review and registered trademark dispute cases and other related trademark matters under the jurisdiction of the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board);

(3) Act as an agent for other matters Matters related to the international registration of trademarks;

(4) Acting as an agent for trademark infringement evidence investigation and trademark infringement complaints;

(5) Acting as an agent for trademark administrative reconsideration and litigation cases;

(6) Act as an agent to participate in trademark dispute mediation, arbitration and other activities;

(7) Serve as a trademark legal advisor, provide trademark legal advice, and write trademark legal affairs documents;

(8) ) Act as agent for other trademark legal matters. Law firms engaged in trademark agency business in Items 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph shall register with the Trademark Office.

Article 6 When a law firm handles filing, it shall submit the following materials to the Trademark Office:

(1) Application for filing, which shall state the name, address, and organization of the law firm Form, person in charge, telephone number, fax, email address, postal code and other information;

(2) A copy of the law firm’s practice license stamped with the firm’s seal.

If the application materials are complete, the Trademark Office shall complete the filing and make an announcement within 15 days from the date of receipt of the application; if the application materials are incomplete, the applicant shall be notified to make corrections and then be filed.

Article 7 If the name, address, person in charge, contact information and other filing matters of a law firm are changed, the change filing shall be made to the Trademark Office within 30 days after the change. To handle change filing, the following materials should be submitted:

(1) Application for change of filing matters;

(2) Documents proving the change of matters issued by the judicial administrative agency where the law firm is located ;

(3) A copy of the law firm’s practice license stamped with the firm’s seal. If you change the filing matters other than the name, address, and person in charge, you do not need to submit the materials specified in item 2 of the preceding paragraph.