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How to protect well-known trademarks

The protection method for well-known trademarks is: if a trademark applied for registration for the same or similar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else’s well-known trademark that has not been registered in China, and is likely to cause confusion, it will not be registered and its use will be prohibited. . If a trademark applied for registration for different or dissimilar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else's well-known trademark that has been registered in China, misleading the public and causing possible damage to the interests of the registrant of the well-known trademark, it will not be registered and its use will be prohibited.

Legal Basis

Article 13 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

A trademark that is well known to the relevant public, the holder believes When its rights are infringed, it may apply for well-known trademark protection in accordance with the provisions of this Law. If a trademark applied for registration on the same or similar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of someone else's well-known trademark that has not been registered in China and is likely to cause confusion, it will not be registered and its use will be prohibited. If a trademark applied for registration for different or dissimilar goods is a copy, imitation or translation of a well-known trademark that has been registered in China by others, misleading the public, and causing the interests of the registrant of the well-known trademark to be potentially damaged, registration will not be granted and use will be prohibited.