Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving the Granting and Confirmation of Trademark Rights

关于审理商标授权确权行政案件若干问题的意见

The Opinions address trademark issues involved in trial cases concerning pirate registration, similar marks and goods, generic names and prior rights.

(Issued by the Supreme People's Court on April 20 2010.)

(最高人民法院于二零一零年四月二十日發布。)

 

法发〔2010〕12号

SPC Interpretation [2010] No.12

自2001年12月1日《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于修改〈中华人民共和国商标法〉的决定》施行以来，人民法院开始依法受理和审理利害关系人诉国家工商行政管理总局商标评审委员会作出的商标驳回复审、商标异议复审、商标争议、商标撤销复审等具体行政行为的商标授权确权行政案件，对相关法律适用问题进行了积极探索，积累了较为丰富的审判经验。为了更好地审理商标授权确权行政案件，进一步总结审判经验，明确和统一审理标准，最高人民法院先后召开多次专题会议和进行专题调研，广泛听取相关法院、相关部门和专家学者的意见，对于审理商标授权确权行政案件中的法律适用问题进行了研究和总结。在此基础上，根据《中华人民共和国商标法》、《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》等法律规定，结合审判实际，对审理此类案件提出如下意见：

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