2024 Trademark Opposition and Review Typical Cases

The State Intellectual Property Office has strengthened the protection of intellectual property rights at the source, improved the quality and efficiency of trademark examination, and created a clean and upright trademark registration environment and a fair competition market order. Recently, the top 10 typical cases of trademark opposition and review in 2024 have been selected by china trademark office which are: 
　　1. Trademark opposition case No. 70283061 “L’OIE DES LANDES”, which provided equal protection to foreign geographical indications and created a good business environment. 

　　2. No. 59554235 “Apollo” trademark opposition case, which effectively protects the innovation achievements of leading enterprises in the intelligent driving industry and provides useful reference for the protection of intellectual property rights in the field of emerging technologies.

　　3. The No. 71344960 china trademark registration opposition case of “Taihang Quancheng”, which effectively regulates the behavior of preemptively registering city brands and provides a solid legal guarantee for the innovation and development of city brands.

　　4. No. 71667779 “Guanhuai” trademark opposition case, which stopped the preemptive registration of the name of the news client and helped the healthy development of the new media platform for government affairs.

　　5. No. 69778265 “Xiaofang Kiln” trademark opposition case, which effectively stopped market confusion and promoted the inheritance and development of excellent traditional Chinese culture.

　　6. No. 74447834 “BRTV Beijing Time” trademark rejection review case, which fully considered the actual use, reflected the protection and support of media brands, and played a positive role in promoting the healthy development of China’s media industry.

　　7. Case of invalidation of the No. 42820164 figurative trademark, which effectively balances the protection of intellectual property rights and the public interest through multi-dimensional legal application, and helps the innovative utilization of cultural heritage and the maintenance of trademark registration order.

　　8. Case No. 8223462 of the invalidation of the trademark “Childhood”, which effectively cracked down on the malicious registration of the trademark of the agent, clarified the ownership of trademark rights, and safeguarded the market order and the interests of consumers.

　　9. Case No. 48678713 “Lantian Boke” trademark invalidation case, in which new evidence was adopted to confirm the trademark owner by combining the agreement of the company’s shareholders with the actual use behavior of the parties, realizing the flexibility and unity of principle in the application of law.

　　10. Case of invalidation of the No. 38247153 “CVF and Figure” trademark, which does not stick to the similar relationship of the classification table of goods and services, protects well-known commercial signs in the agricultural field across categories, effectively curbs the behavior of clinging to the goodwill of others, and helps the high-quality development of China’s agriculture.