Sino-Singapore Online Online (Shen Hai), April 23 (Shen Hai) In order to severely crack down on the illegal registration of the trademarks of "Fire God Mountain", "Thunder God Mountain" and "Li Wenliang" during the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau imposed a lawful decision on Shanghai The seven trademark applicants, four trademark agencies and related agencies directly responsible for the suspected violations of the law were punished.
After investigation, 7 trademark applicants applied for registration of the trademarks "Huoshen Mountain", "Thunder Mountain" and "Li Wenliang", which violated the existing prior rights of others, caused adverse social impact, and violated the "Trademark Law" and "Regulations" The relevant provisions of the "Some Provisions on Trademark Application Registration Acts"; the four agencies still accept the entrustment of the applicants in violation of the relevant provisions of the "Trademark Law" when they know that the above-mentioned trademark application infringes on the prior rights of others.
The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau investigated and dealt with the malicious squatting of trademarks of "Fire God Mountain", "Thunder God Mountain" and "Li Wenliang". Photo courtesy of Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau
Pan Lei, head of the Ninth Prosecution Detachment of the Law Enforcement Corps of the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, explained that "Li Wenliang" has long been a household name, and the two hospitals "Vulcan Mountain" and "Raytheon Mountain" were registered as institutions on February 17 this year. It owns the prior rights of the name.
On March 3, the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China made a decision to reject the first batch of 63 applications for registration of malicious trademarks such as "Huoshen Mountain", "Thunder Mountain" and "Zhong Nanshan" that entered the substantive examination stage. On the same day, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office conducted interviews with four agencies in Shanghai that applied for the trademarks "Huoshen Mountain" and "Raytheon Mountain" in accordance with the law, and requested the agencies to withdraw the relevant trademark applications.
The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau investigated and dealt with the malicious squatting of trademarks of "Fire God Mountain", "Thunder God Mountain" and "Li Wenliang". Photo courtesy of Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau
The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau stated that in view of the fact that the parties carried out the above-mentioned acts during the first-level response to the nation's fight against the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, they will all be punished according to law. All applicants will be fined 10,000 yuan, and agencies will be fined from 70,000 to 85,000 yuan.
In addition, according to the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, the directly responsible persons in the agency will also be punished accordingly. During the investigation and handling of cases, the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau Enforcement Corps adhered to the combination of administrative punishment and education norms, and strengthened legal education for the enterprises involved. The companies involved all said they had fully recognized the illegality and social hazards of trademark registration and epidemic prevention and control related trademarks, and took the initiative to publicly apologize and signed the "Regulatory Operation Commitment", promising to be honest and trustworthy, and to regulate operations in accordance with the law. (Finish)