Trademark trials and appeals are administrative law procedures that allow China’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to issue judgments in trademark disputes.
Types of Trademark Trials and Appeals
(1) Reexamination of a trademark registration application by the trademark office;
(2) Reexamination of the trademark office’s decision in an opposition;
(3) Reexamination of the trademark office’s decision to reject an application to assign a trademark;
(4) Reexamination of a trademark revocation decision by the trademark office.
(5) Reexamination of the trademark office’s decision to revoke an inappropriate trademark;
(6) Hearing of an opposition to a trademark filed by a priority rights holder;
(7) Hearing of a revocation application filed against a trademark that any organization or individual claims is inappropriate.
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