State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Provisions on the Procedure for Registration of Pledge of the Exclusive Right to Use a Registered Trade Mark

Main contents: Where a natural person, legal person or other organisation pledges its exclusive right to use a registered trade mark, the pledgor shall conclude a written contract with the pledgee, and shall carry out the procedure for the registration of the pledge with the Trademark Office. A pledge registration application shall be jointly submitted by the pledgee and the pledgor, either directly to the Trademark Office or through a trade mark agency upon entrustment. Foreigners or foreign enterprises that do not have a permanent residence or a place of business in China shall entrust an agency to handle registration (Article 2). The pledgor shall at the same time carry out registration for the same or similar trade marks registered for the same or similar commodities/services (Article 3). The Trademark Office shall set up a register of pledges for review by the relevant public (Article 15).