Announcement of CNIPA

No. 529

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulation on the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China and Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Trademark Agency, and the related requirements of the Announcement of the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Re-registration of Trademark Agencies (No. 507), the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has organized and completed the re-registration. The relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:

I.From January 1 to March 31, 2023, the CNIPA organized the trademark agency re-registration work. After review, a total of 16,921 trademark agencies among those that have submitted an application for re-registration meet the requirements. The review results have been sent by mail, and the specific list is available in the “Trademark Agency" column at sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/sbj/index.html for public inquiry.

II.The new registration is valid for three years, since the date of approval notice for the re-filing sent by mail. The trademark agencies intending to continue to engage in trademark agency business after the expiration of the validity period may apply for extension within six months before the expiration of the validity period. See "Instructions for Trademark Agency Re-filing" in "Trademark Agency" column at sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/sbj/index.html for more details.

III.Information of trademark filing practitioners shall be associated with the trademark agency business, that is, trademark filing practitioners associated with registered trademark agencies may submit trademark applications, sign and assume legal responsibility.

IV.CNIPA will mark the trademark agencies that did not re-register in the trademark online service system and the trademark agency system, and no longer accept their application for trademark agency business, except for pending trademark agency business. CNIPA will cancel the registration of the trademark agencies that did not re-register and without pending agency business.

V.The trademark agencies that: have not submitted re-registration applications, have failed in re-registration, or have been cancelled registration, shall apply for a new registration if they intend to continue to engage in trademark agency business. See "Instructions for Trademark Agency Re-Registration" in "Trademark Agency" column at sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/sbj/index.html for more details. For trademark agencies with pending agency business that are subject to new filing, they may continue the original pending business when the new filing is pending, and the original digital certificate continues to be valid.

It is hereby notified.

CNIPA

April 20, 2023

(Source: CNIPA Website)