【百一案例】双语⑤——恶意申请商标的无效策略- 大数跨境

百一知识产权与法律

2021-04-27

导读：【百一案例】双语⑤——恶意申请商标的无效策略

宜来(天津)卫浴有限公司上海分公司委托上海百一知识产权代理有限公司就系争商标：第9类第18399009号提出无效宣告。

Yilai (Tianjin) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch entrusted Foridom IP Law Firm to forward the invalidation application on the class 9 No.18399009 trademark.

申请号：18399009

无效质证策略：

Incalid cross-examination strategy

（一）系争商标侵犯了申请人和申请人关联公司在先享有的字号权，具有主观恶意，违反了诚实信用原则，违反了2013年《商标法》规定，系争商标应当予以无效宣告。

The trademark in dispute infringed the applicant “prior right”. As it is the applicant’s affiliated company trade name.

Namely, it means that the defendant has a bad faith that violated the provisions of the 2013 Trademark Law. Therefore, the trademark in dispute should be declared invalid.

根据《商标审理标准》，对于侵犯在先字号权认定的适用条件如下：

a、在系争商标申请注册之前他人已在先登记并使用其字号；

b、该字号在中国相关公众中具有一定的知名度；

c、系争商标的注册与使用容易导致相关公众产生混淆，致使在先字号权人的利益可能受到损害。

According to the "Trademark Trial Standards", the applicable conditions for the determination of infringement of prior trade name rights are as follows:

a. Before applying for registration of the disputed trademark, another person has registered and used its name;

b. The trade name has a certain reputation among the relevant public in China;

c. The registration and use of disputed trademarks may easily cause confusion among the relevant public, and may damage the interests of the owners of the prior trade name.

在系争商标申请之前，申请人的关联公司“上海宜来卫浴有限公司”已在先登记并使用“宜来”字号。我们认为“宜来”是申请人和申请人关联公司的字号，为臆造词汇，具有很强的独创性。被申请人声称系争商标为自己的构思及设计，但却提供不出任何与设计思路相关的证据以及在相应产品上的使用证据，故申请人对此不予认可。

The applicant's affiliated company "Shanghai Yilai Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd." had previously registered and used the "Yilai" trade name.

We believe that "Yilai" is the name of the applicant and the applicant's affiliated company. It is a contrived vocabulary and is highly original.

The respondent claimed that the disputed trademark was its own conception and design, but could not provide any evidence related to the design idea and use evidence on the corresponding product, so the applicant did not approve it.

（二）被申请人申请的商标数量远远超出了对商标使用的正常需求，且大部分商标（包括系争商标在内）处于公开出售状态，因此，被申请人的这种不以使用为目的的恶意抢注行为有害于社会主义道德风尚或者产生其他不良影响，违反了2013年《商标法》规定，系争商标应当予以无效宣告。

The number of trademarks applied for by the respondent far exceeds the normal demand for trademark use, and most of the trademarks (including disputed trademarks) are in the state of public sale.

Therefore, the respondent’s malicious intentions that are not intended for use Cybersquatting behavior is harmful to socialist morals and customs or has other adverse effects, and violates the provisions of the 2013 "Trademark Law", and the disputed trademark shall be declared invalid.

根据申请人的调查，被申请人共计申请1247件商标，申请数量远超对商标正常使用的需求，且大部分商标均与他人具有较强显著性的商标构成相同或者近似，且明显缺乏真实使用意图，存在恶意抢注的惯例。同时，经查询，系争商标处于出售的状态，很明显的体现出系争商标的注册申请是不以使用为目的的恶意注册申请。

According to the applicant’s investigation, the respondent has applied for 1,247 trademarks in total, it exceeds the demand for normal use of the trademark.

Moreover, most of the defendant’s trademarks are identical or similar to others’ trademarks with strong distinctiveness, and obviously lack real use Intention, there is the practice of malicious cybersquatting.

At the same time, the disputed trademark is in a state of sale, which clearly shows that the registration application for the disputed trademark is a malicious registration application that is not intended for use.

（三）系争商标与申请人商标构成近似，且二者指定的商品高度关联，构成类似商品。因此，系争商标如被核准注册，极易导致相关公众产生混淆误认。

The disputed trademark is similar to the applicant's trademark, and the goods designated by the defendant are highly related to the plaintiff, it constituted similar goods.

Therefore, if a disputed trademark is approved for registration, it will easily lead to confusion and misunderstanding by the relevant public.

决定：对第18399009号争议商标予以无效宣告

Decision: Invalidate the disputed trademark No. 18399009

代理人简介：

Attorney introduction

甘章乖女士，高级合伙人，先后获得专利代理师、商标代理人、技术经纪人、国际商标协会会员等专业资质，十年以上的知识产权专业经验。

主要执业领域为国内外专利、商标、著作权及专项事务，擅长专利商标规划布局、专利商标国际案件、商标疑难复杂案件、项目规划等。为吉祥航空、如新集团、漕河泾、金伯利钻石、东方明珠、百视通、天使之橙、DAZZLE、WiFi万能钥匙、思岚科技、桃园眷村、小佩宠物、JAMES DEAN、HADO、博霓精选、食亨科技等众多公司提供全方位知识产权法律服务，备受客户好评。

Ms. Gan Zhangguai, the senior partner of Foridom IP Law Firm, has earned patent attorney, trademark attorney, technical broker, and member of the International Trademark Association, with more than ten years of professional experience in intellectual property rights.

The main practice areas of her are domestic and foreign patent, trademark, copyright and project declaration affairs. She is good at patent and trademark planning and layout, patent and trademark international cases, project planning, etc.

She has provided a full range of intellectual property legal services for the company,such as Juneyao Airlines, NU SKIN, Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, Kimberlite Diamond, The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, BesTV, Vingoojuice, DAZZLE, WiFi Master key, SLAMTEC, Taoyuan Village,‎ PETKIT, JAMES DEAN, HADO, Boni Selection and Shiheng Technology，highly praised by customers.

张雨薇女士，资深商标代理人，有五年以上的商标专业经验，毕业于上海对外经贸大学法学院，已通过国家统一法律职业资格考试。

主要执业领域为国内商标、国际商标、著作权及商标侵权事务，擅长知识产权规划布局、商标国际案件、商标疑难复杂案件等。为吉祥航空、徐家汇商城（集团）、华熙生物、如新集团、韦尔半导体、天宿集团、百视通、天使之橙、思岚科技、禾赛科技、小佩宠物、食亨科技等众多公司提供知识产权法律服务。

Miss. Zhang Yuwei, senior trademark attorney with more than five years of professional experience in trademarks. Graduated from the Law School of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.Miss. Zhang has passed bar examination.

Her main practice areas are domestic trademarks, international trademarks, copyrights, and trademark infringement matters. She is good at intellectual property planning and layout, international trademark cases, and difficult andcomplicated trademark cases.

She provides legal consultant service for Juneyao Airlines, Xujiahui Mall (Group), HuaxiBio, Nu Skin Group, Weir Semiconductor, Tiansu Group, BesTV, Vingoojuice, SLAMTEC, Hesai Technology, PETKIT, Shiheng Technology, and many other companies.

时简女士，商标代理人，有两年以上的商标专业经验，毕业于华东政法大学知识产权专业，硕士学历，已取得律师资格。主要工作领域为商标注册可行性评估、商标驳回复审、商标异议和无效等、商标使用侵权风险评估、商标诊断、商标规划布局等。参与服务的部分客户：华熙生物、徐家汇商城（集团）、百视通、食亨科技、禾赛科技、宜来卫浴等。

Miss. Shi Jian, Trademark Attorney, with more than two years of professional experience in trademarks, graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with a master's degree in intellectual property.

Miss. Shi has passed the bar examination and she is an registration lawyer in China . The main areas of her work include evaluation of the feasibility of trademark registration, trademark refusal review, trademark opposition and invalidation, etc., trademark use infringement risk evaluation, trademark diagnosis, trademark planning and layout, etc.

Represent Clints of her are listed as following: Huaxi Bio, Xujiahui Mall (Group), BesTV, Shiheng Technology, Hesai Technology, Yilai Sanitary Ware, etc.