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China registered 4.6 million trademarks at the end of 2010, with the number of trademark applications exceeding 1 million last year, according to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Despite the huge number, only one out of eight economic entities in China had a trademark and there are not many famous brands, according to the administration.
Meanwhile, trademark infringement cases took place often as a lot of enterprises were not fully aware of trademark protection, according to official sources.
Source: Xinhua
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No. It is well established rule of law that to get a trade mark registered without any intention to use it in relation to any goods or services but merely to make money out of it by selling to others the right to use, it would be ” trafficking in trade marks ” .
At present it takes five years an average from the date of application .It may be reduced in future due to computerization of the Trade Marks Registry.
Under the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act , 1958 registration of ’service mark’ is not possible but under the new Trade Marks Act ,1999 registration of ’service mark’ can be done. Such ’service mark ‘ can be used as a trade mark but applied to services rather than goods i.e. Banking , Communication ,Education ,Financing ,Insurance ,Chit Funds, Real Estate , Transport , Storage material treatment , Processing , Supply of electrical or other energy , Boarding and Lodging , Entertainment , Amusement , Construction ,Repair , Conveying of news or Information or Information and Advertising.
A trademark popularly known as brand name, is a visual symbol in the form of a word or a device or a label applied to the commercial goods or service to enable the consumer public to identify one trader’s goods from similar goods of other traders.
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