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I am a trademark licensee, do I still have the right to license it to others?

As a trademark licensee, you have no right to license it to others. Only the trademark holder has the right to authorize others to use it. An authorized third party cannot authorize others to use it without the permission of the holder.

"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 43 A trademark registrant may license others to use its registered trademark by signing a trademark license contract. The licensor shall supervise the quality of the goods used by the licensee using its registered trademark. The licensee shall ensure the quality of the goods using the registered trademark.

If you use someone else's registered trademark with permission, you must indicate the name of the licensee and the place of origin of the goods on the goods using the registered trademark.

When permitting others to use its registered trademark, the licensor shall submit its trademark use license to the Trademark Office for record, and the Trademark Office shall announce it. The trademark use license shall not be used against bona fide third parties without registration.

Extended information

Trademark usage

1. Business trademarks

refers to trademarks used by producers or operators to use specific logos or company names on the goods they manufacture or operate. Some people also call this kind of logo "factory logo" or "store logo" ” or “Division”.

2. Certification trademarks

are controlled by an organization with the ability to supervise certain goods or services and used by units or individuals other than the organization to certify the goods or services. Origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other specific quality marks; such as: green food mark, genuine leather mark, pure wool mark, electrician mark, etc.

3. Class trademarks

Class refers to the same trademark or different trademarks used on a commodity with different quality, specifications and grades.

Some of these trademarks have the same name, but different graphics or text fonts; some have the same graphics, but in order to distinguish the quality of different goods, they are marked in different colors, different papers, different printing techniques or Other logos are used to distinguish them, and some use different trademark names or graphics to distinguish them.

4. Group trademarks

Group trademarks refer to several trademarks used to distinguish similar goods due to differences in variety, specification, grade, and price, and these trademarks are grouped together. A collection of trademarks filed for registration at one time. There are similarities between group trademarks and class trademarks;

5. Family trademarks

Family trademarks are trademarks that are based on a certain trademark, combined with various words or graphics, and used on various products of the same company, also called "derivative trademarks".

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