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Is the flag icon on clothes illegal?
The national flag can be printed on clothes, and it is not illegal if used correctly. The national flag is not allowed to register trademarks. The Trademark Law stipulates that it is not allowed to register as a trademark if it is identical with or similar to the national name, national flag, national emblem, military flag and medal of the People's Republic of China, or if it is identical with the name of a specific place where the central state organ is located or the name and figure of a landmark building.

the national flag law does not prohibit whether the cloth with the national flag pattern can be made into clothes, but it can be made according to the legal law, so the clothes made with the national flag do not violate the legal provisions. However, large-scale commercial production is illegal if it is suspected of trademark and advertising problems and undermines the dignity of the national flag.

the trademark right has the following characteristics:

1. exclusivity, also known as exclusivity or monopoly, means that the trademark registrant enjoys the exclusive right to use its registered trademark.

2. Timeliness refers to the effective period of the exclusive right to use a trademark. Within the term of validity, the exclusive right to use a trademark is protected by law, and it will no longer be protected by law if it is not renewed after the term of validity.

3. Regionality means that the protection of the exclusive right to use a trademark is limited by the geographical scope. The exclusive right to use a registered trademark only enjoys legal protection in the country where the trademark is registered, and the non-registered country has no obligation to protect it.

4. Property, the exclusive right to use a trademark is an intangible property right. The whole of the exclusive right to use a trademark is an intellectual achievement, which embodies the painstaking efforts and labor of the obligee. Intellectual achievement is different from tangible material wealth. Although it needs to be represented by a certain carrier, the carrier itself does not have much economic value, and only the intellectual achievement contained in the carrier can reflect great economic value.

5. Category: The Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce examines and approves the categories and commodity (service) project names approved in the Application for Trademark Registration submitted by the trademark registration applicant.

Legal basis:

Article 19 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Flag

The damaged, defaced, faded or substandard national flag shall not be hoisted or used, and the national flag shall not be hung upside down, inserted upside down or used in any other way that harms the dignity of the national flag. Do not discard the national flag at will. Damaged, defaced, faded or substandard national flags shall be recovered and disposed of in accordance with relevant state regulations. After the large-scale mass activities, the event organizers shall take back or properly dispose of the national flag used at the event site.