The State Administration of Market Supervision is a department of the State Council, which is responsible for supervising and managing the production and business activities of market players, maintaining market order and fair competition, and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. As a department of the State Administration of Market Supervision, the Trademark Office is mainly responsible for the registration, management and protection of trademarks. Its duties include: examining, announcing and registering trademark registration applications; Examining applications for trademark transfer, alteration, renewal and invalidation, and making decisions on handling them; Investigate and deal with trademark infringement and safeguard rights. The work of the Trademark Office is of great significance to the trademark protection and brand building of enterprises, and also provides consumers with better choices of goods and services.
The main duties of the Trademark Office include:
1. trademark registration: the trademark office examines the application for trademark registration, judges whether the trademark meets the requirements of laws, regulations and trademark registration regulations, registers the qualified trademarks, and issues a trademark registration certificate;
2. Trademark management: The Trademark Office manages the use, alteration, transfer and renewal of trademarks to ensure the legitimate use and management of trademarks;
3. Trademark protection: The Trademark Office is responsible for trademark protection, including investigation and evidence collection of trademark infringement, combating trademark infringement and safeguarding rights;
4. Trademark supervision: The Trademark Office supervises the trademarks in the market, finds trademark infringement and counterfeit and shoddy goods, and investigates and cracks them down;
5. Trademark information service: The Trademark Office provides the public with trademark information consultation, inquiry, announcement and other services to facilitate the public to understand the relevant information of trademark registration and management;
6. International cooperation: The Trademark Office cooperates with the International Intellectual Property Organization and trademark agencies in other countries to strengthen international trademark protection and management.
To sum up, the Trademark Office is one of the authorities in charge of trademark affairs in China, which plays an important role in intellectual property protection, market supervision and economic development and has made important contributions.
Legal basis:
Article 49 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Where a trademark registrant changes the registered trademark, the registrant's name, address or other registered items by himself in the process of using the registered trademark, the local administrative department for industry and commerce shall order it to make corrections within a time limit;
If it fails to make corrections within the time limit, its registered trademark shall be revoked by the Trademark Office. Any unit or individual may apply to the Trademark Office for the cancellation of a registered trademark if it becomes the common name of a commodity approved for use or if it is not used for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons.
The Trademark Office shall make a decision within nine months from the date of receiving the application. There are special circumstances that need to be extended, which can be extended for three months with the approval of the administrative department for industry and commerce of the State Council.