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Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (promulgated by Decree No. 358 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on August 3, 2002; revised and promulgated by Decree No. 651 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on April 29, 2014), China

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Year of Version 2014 Dates Entry into force: September 15, 2002 Issued: August 3, 2002 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Trademarks Notes The notification by China to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'According the amendments to the Trademark Law, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law was therefore revised and entered into force on May 1, 2014.
For example, the Regulation provides more detailed requirements for sound trademark applications: Where an application is filed for registration of sound as a trademark, a statement shall be made in the application, a qualified sound sample and a description of the sound for registration as the trademark shall be submitted, and the method of use of the trademark shall be indicated. The description of the sound trademark shall use stave or numbered musical notations of the sound in combination with notes in words; where the sound is unable to be described by stave or numbered musical notations, it shall be described in words; the description of the trademark shall be in conformity with the sound sample.'

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Chinese 中华人民共和国国务院令 第651号 现公布修订后的《中华人民共和国商标法实施条例》，自2014年5月1日起施行。 中华人民共和国商标法实施条例 （2002年8月3日中华人民共和国国务院令第358号公布 2014年4月29日中华人民共和国国务院令第651号修订） PDF HTML English Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (promulgated by Decree No. 358 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on August 3, 2002; revised and promulgated by Decree No. 651 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on April 29, 2014) 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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Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (promulgated by Order No. 358 of August 3, 2002, of the State Council of People's Republic of China)(CN018)
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Trademark Printing Management Approach (CN268)
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Regulations on the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (as revised for the second time by the State Council on July 15, 1993) (CN010)
WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/CHN/6
IP/N/1/CHN/T/4
WIPO Lex No. CN342