Because it is more and more difficult to register trademarks, many trademarks have been registered and used. While seeking trademarks, enterprises have increased the number of trademark transfers to obtain trademarks. However, some enterprises have not transferred or authorized registration, that is, they know that this trademark has been used by enterprises, which will lead to malicious trademark registration.
According to relevant information, the People's Bank of China started the R&D work in digital currency at the end of 20 17, and put forward its digital currency Project (DCEP) for the first time on March 9, 20 18.
According to trademark-related inquiries, since March 9, 20 18, natural person Hu Zhiyan has been in the 36th category, Hulunbeier Shoushan Investment Management Co., Ltd. has been in the 3rd category, 9th category, 25th category, 35th category, 36th category, 4 1 category, 42nd category and 43rd category, and Guangzhou Mipan Street has limited network technology.
Daxing 'anling Avenue of Stars Food Co., Ltd. is in category 29 and 32, Fuzhou Qisheng Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. is in category1,12, 18, 30 and 33, and Century Guest Investment Development (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is in category 14.
Upon examination by the Trademark Office of China National Intellectual Property Administration, eight applicants, including natural person Hu Zhiyan, applied for the registration of trademarks such as "DCEP", "ECNY" and "PBCDCEP" in various categories after the People's Bank of China first publicly proposed their digital currency project, which was obviously suspected of "rubbing hot spots", which constituted a malicious registration of the names of important national strategic projects and was likely to cause adverse social impact.
According to Article 10, paragraph 1 (8) and Article 44, paragraph 1 of the Trademark Law, China National Intellectual Property Administration Trademark Office declared 29 registered trademarks of 8 applicants, including natural person Hu Zhiyan, invalid according to law.
Every trademark application must be effectively used after approval, and the evidence of effective use must be kept, so as to win the trademark dispute in the future. Moreover, enterprises should properly monitor the market trademarks to find out whether the use of similar trademarks by neighboring enterprises causes confusion among consumers, and at the same time, they need to deal with the trademarks invalid to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.