Tianyan cigarettes are a brand of cigarettes maliciously registered by China Tobacco Yunnan

On August 13, 2020, the China Smoking Control Association issued a document calling for serious investigation and punishment of "Tianyan" maliciously registered by China Tobacco Yunnan. "Trademark incident. The "Sky Eye" located in Guizhou is China's independent intellectual property rights and the world's largest single-aperture and most sensitive radio telescope

It is a major national scientific and technological infrastructure for observing the universe and a huge investment for the country. Nan Ren It took Dong and other scientists 22 years to build this important weapon of the country. However, the name of this important weapon of the country was speculatively registered as a trademark and used by a tobacco company (China Tobacco Yunnan).

It is understood that the outer packaging of "Tianyan" cigarettes not only has a panoramic model of "Tianyan" and the word "FAST" ("FAST is the English abbreviation of "China Tianyan" Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope

The full name is "Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope"), also decorated with magnificent nebulae and brilliant stars. On March 17, 2017, Hongyun Honghe Tobacco (Group) Co., Ltd. applied for registration. He obtained the Chinese trademark "Tianyan", and one year later applied for the registration of "Tianyan Yunyan" and "Tianyan Yunyan FAST". The above three trademark types are all tobacco products.

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< p> Judging from reports, the "Sky Eye" project was proposed in 1994 and was completed and put into use on September 25, 2016. However, the relevant agencies did not apply for and register the trademark "China Sky Eye" until June 4, 2019. Tobacco companies applied to register the Chinese trademark "Tianyan" as early as 2017.

Judging from the time, the companies involved seem to have taken the lead. It seems that the preemptive registration of "Tianyan" is not illegal in terms of procedures. However, as some legal experts have said, applying for trademark registration should not only follow the principle of good faith, but should also not violate public order and good customs or have a negative impact on others. Therefore, whether the company involved has infringed the law must be carefully examined under the legal framework.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yunnan China Tobacco Industrial Co., Ltd.