For the purposes of implementing earnestly General Secretary XI Jinping’s important directive spirit regarding intellectual property work and the deployment requirement of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on "strengthening the legal protection of intellectual property", further improving the trademark system, solving the prominent problems in the field of trademark, and promoting the high-quality development of the socialist market economy, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has actively promoted the revision of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China and has drafted the Trademark Law (Revised Draft for Comments) which is now open to the public for comments. Relevant departments and people from all walks of life can put forward specific suggestions centering on amendments and improvement of the Revised Draft for Comments by February 27, 2023 through the following ways:

I. E-mail suggestions to: [email protected].

II. Fax: 010-62083681.

III. By mail to: No. 6, Xitucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, CNIPA, Department of Treaty and Law, Division II, postcode 100088 (please note "the Trademark Law" in the lower left corner of the envelope).

Attachments:

1. The Trademark Law (Revised Draft for Comments).pdf

2. Clarification on the Trademark Law (Revised Draft for Comments).pdf

3. Amendment comparison sheet of the Trademark Law (Revised Draft for Comments).pdf

CNIPA

January 13, 2023

(Source: website of CNIPA)