百一精选商标案例（8）

Foridom cases of Trademark（8）

此为百一知识产权的商标复审成功案例，供您参考。

Here is one of our successful cases of trademark reexamination, for your reference.

中国目前有高达2500万的有效商标，每年尚有近800万的新申请，并且，无论是国家知识产权局还是法院，在审理相关商标申请案件时，均不再等待引证商标撤销结果，因此，我们建议在申请商标时进行检索，对于存在被撤销可能性的在先商标，同时提出撤销。

As there are up to 25 million valid trademarks and nearly 8 million new applications every year in China, and, in addition, both China National Intellectual Property Administration and the courts will no longer wait for the results of the cancelation of the cited trademarks when hearing the relevant trademark application cases, we suggest to retrieve the trademarks when applying for them, and at the same time, file the application for the cancelation of the prior trademarks that have the possibility of being canceled.

复审策略及理由

Reexamination strategy and reason

百一在为客户在第18类申请“”商标之时，检索到引证商标，并认为该引证商标会构成本申请的障碍，本申请将被驳回。

When applying for the trademark “” in class 18 for the client, Foridom retrieved the cited trademark, and believed that the cited trademark would be an obstacle and our application would be refused.

我们通过分析认为，引证商标所有人为自然人，非商业主体（引证商标注册申请日2006-12-18），引证商标使用可能性较低。

Through analysis, we believed that the holder of the cited trademark is a natural person instead of a commercial subject (the application date of the registration of the cited trademark is December 18, 2006), and it is unlikely that the cited trademark was used.

经查询，引证商标权利人注册了3件商标（包括引证商标），其中1件于2017年已被他人撤销。

After research, we found that the holder of the cited trademark had registered three trademarks (including the cited trademark), one of which had been cancelled in 2017.

同时，我们经过网络等多种方式调查，未查询到该引证商标的使用证据。

At the same time, through the Internet and other means of investigation, we did not find any evidence of the use of the cited trademark.

综上，我们认为撤销该引证商标存在较大可能性，所以在提交本商标申请的同时，建议客户根据《商标法》第四十九条之规定，同时提出对引证商标的撤销。（《商标法》第四十九条，“注册商标没有正当理由连续三年不使用的，任何单位或者个人可以向商标局申请撤销该注册商标”向国家知识产权局提起申请撤销引证商标”）

In conclusion, we believed that there was a great possible to cancel the cited trademark, so when we filed the application for the applied-for trademark, we suggested the client to file an application for the cancelation of the cited trademark in accordance with article 49 of the Trademark Law.（“Where a registered trademark has not been put in use for three consecutive years without a justifiable reason, any entity or individual may apply to the trademark office for revocation of the registered trademark.”

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申请商标后来因引证商标的存在而被驳回，在驳回复审中，我们成功撤销了引证商标，客户成功注册了商标

The applied-for trademark was refused due to the existence of the cited trademark. However，in the procedure of review of the registration refusal, we cancelled the cited trademark.Therefore, the client successfully registered the trademark.

决定

Decision

初步审定

Preliminary Approval

（商评字【2019】第317721号）

(S.P. Zi [2019] No. 317721)