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Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (adopted on August 30, 2013), China

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Year of Version 2014 Dates Entry into force: May 1, 2014 Adopted: August 30, 2013 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Trademarks Notes The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress on August 30, 2001, and came into force on May 1, 2014.
Among the amendments to the Trademark Law are the following: possibility to register sound marks; protection of well-known trademarks, principle of good faith for registration and use of trademarks; measures against bad faith applications; multi-class applications and e-filing; new time frames for examination period of applications, establishment of invalidation procedure, and increase of penalties for trademark infringements.


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Chinese 全国人大常委会关于修改《中华人民共和国商标法》的决定 (2013年8月30日通过) PDF HTML
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Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (amended up to April 23, 2019) (CN410)
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Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Jurisdiction and Application of Law for Trademark Cases after the Implementation of the Decision on Amending the Trademark Law (promulgated by Order No. 4 of March, 25, 2014, of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court) (CN362)


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