on November 6, 212, the state administration for industry and commerce and the Ministry of justice issued the measures for the administration of trademark agency business by law firms with the word [212] No.192. This method allows law firms to engage in trademark agency business, as long as they go through the filing procedures for relevant matters as required. The basis is as follows:

Article 5 A law firm may accept the entrustment of the parties and assign lawyers to handle the following trademark agency business:

(1) Acting as an agent for trademark registration application, change, renewal, transfer, replacement, pledge registration, licensing contract filing, objection, cancellation, cancellation and Madrid International Registration and other trademark-related matters under the charge of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Trademark Office);

(2) Acting as an agent for trademark registration rejection review, objection review, cancellation review and registered trademark dispute cases and other trademark-related matters under the charge 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) Acting as an agent for other 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) Acting as an agent in trademark dispute mediation, arbitration and other activities;

(7) as a trademark legal adviser, providing trademark legal advice and writing trademark legal affairs documents;

(8) Acting for other trademark legal affairs.

when a law firm engages in the trademark agency business mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of the preceding paragraph, it shall file with the Trademark Office.

Article 6 A law firm shall submit the following materials to the Trademark Office for filing:

(1) An application for filing, which shall specify the name, domicile, organizational form, responsible person, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, postal code and other information of the law firm;

(2) a copy of the practice license of the law firm with the seal of this firm.

if the application materials are complete, the trademark office shall complete the filing and make an announcement within 15 days from the date of receiving the application; If the application materials are incomplete, the applicant shall be notified to make corrections and put on record.

article 7 where the name, domicile, person in charge and contact information of a law firm are changed, the change shall be filed with the trademark office within 3 days after the change. To handle the change filing, the following materials shall be submitted:

(1) an application for the change filing;

(2) the certificate issued by the judicial administrative organ of the place where the law firm is located;

(3) a copy of the practice license of the law firm with the seal of this firm.

the materials specified in item 2 of the preceding paragraph may not be submitted if the record items other than the name, domicile and person in charge are changed.