The purpose of the People's Court to strengthen the punishment of malicious registration and hoarding of trademarks is to promote the normalization and standardization of the order of trademark application and registration.

For some time, Internet celebrities who suddenly became popular and widely circulated Internet hot words have been "robbed" by trademark squatters. Rushing to register hot-selling trademarks has become a trend, and merchants use hot words to attract temporary popularity. Malicious registration and hoarding of trademarks seriously violates the principle of good faith, disrupts market order, and undermines fairness and justice.

The Supreme People's Court issued the "People's Courts Judicial Protection Plan for Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2025)" on April 22, which clarified the key work measures for judicial protection of intellectual property rights during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. It is proposed to strengthen the protection of commercial signs. Increase the punishment of malicious registration and trademark hoarding, and promote the normalization and standardization of trademark application and registration order.

Extended reading - Jinan will severely crack down on malicious registration of trademarks that are not intended for use

On April 23, the Jinan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held a press conference to introduce the 2020 The city's intellectual property work situation in 2020, and at the same time, typical cases of intellectual property service and protection in 2020 were released.

“In recent years, our city has continued to increase the protection of intellectual property rights, and the ‘three major actions’ have been launched to protect corporate intellectual property rights.” Jinan Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (Municipal Intellectual Property Office) Deputy Director Ma Huaiming introduced at the press conference that the "Iron Fist" operation is to organize law enforcement actions around food, electronic products, household appliances, and key commodities to strictly investigate trademark infringement and counterfeit patent violations.

With the focus on protecting high-quality geographical indication brands, we will intensify the investigation and handling of cases of geographical indication infringement and counterfeiting. Strengthen law enforcement in physical markets and severely investigate and deal with illegal infringement and counterfeiting in temple fairs, markets and urban-rural areas. Strengthen e-commerce supervision, promote online and offline integration, and integrate production, supply and marketing into law enforcement.

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