Guangzhou Daily News (full media reporter Tang Nan correspondent Li Hong, Feng Zhuoya) During the epidemic prevention and control period, some companies even applied for trademark registration of "Wen Liang · Li", "Thunder God Mountain" and "Fire God Mountain". The reporter learned from the Baiyun District of Guangzhou on April 5 that the Baiyun District Market Supervision Bureau has recently filed investigations on several malicious applications for trademark registration related to the epidemic.
It is worth mentioning that the investigation of applicants who registered “Wen Liang · Li” as a trademark is the first administrative penalty imposed on trademark applicants within the city after the “Regulations on Regulating Trademark Application Registration Acts” was issued. .
A few days ago, the law enforcement officers of the Market Supervision Bureau of Baiyun District investigated a company suspected of maliciously using “Wen Liang · Li” as a trademark registration application. The investigation found that the company had entrusted a trademark agency to handle the trademark registration procedure of "Wen Liang · Li" on February 7, 2020. Law enforcement officers retrieved relevant certification materials such as entrusted applications and transfer records on site, and conducted case investigations on the parties involved in accordance with the law. At present, the case is being further processed.
Recently, the issue of trademark squatting related to the fight against the new coronary pneumonia epidemic has attracted the attention of all parties in the society. The Baiyun District Market Supervision Bureau deeply implements the spirit of superior directives and deployment requirements at all levels, and punishes malicious application for trademark registration related to the epidemic according to law. According to reports, the bureau has already initiated investigations into the two companies that applied for registration of "Raytheon Mountain", "Vulcan Mountain", "Whistler" and other epidemic related trademarks.
The relevant person in charge of the Market Supervision Bureau of Baiyun District said that Vulcan Hill Hospital and Raytheon Mountain Hospital are the names of the frontline hospitals for combating the epidemic in Wuhan, the focus of public opinion during the epidemic prevention and control period, and one of the important symbols of the united people of the country to fight the epidemic. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan City Central Hospital, died of new coronary pneumonia during the fight against the epidemic, and caused widespread concern in the society. Registering or using trademarks such as "Fire God Mountain", "Thunder God Mountain", "Wen Liang · Li" or their similar words as trademarks may easily cause significant social adverse effects.
"We have filed investigations on applicants who registered 'Wen Liang · Li' as a trademark. This is the first administrative penalty imposed on trademark applicants within the city after the" Regulations on Regulating Trademark Application and Registration Acts "was issued, aiming to regulate Trademark registration, combat malicious registration and hoarding of trademarks, and expand the effect of legal publicity. "The person in charge said.