Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law to Trials of Civil Disputes Involving the Protection of Well-known Trademarks
关于审理涉及驰名商标保护的民事纠纷案件应用法律若干问题的解释
The Interpretation sets forth circumstances under which a people's court will not examine whether the concerned trademark is well-known or not.
解释列出人民法院对于所涉商标是否驰名不予审查的情况。
Issue: June 2009
CLP Reference: 5100/09.04.23
PRC Reference: 法释 〔2009〕 3号
Promulgated: 23 April 2009
Effective: 01 May 2009
Keywords (click to search):
[well-known trademarks]
[trademark infringement]
[relevant public]
[unfair competition]
SPC Interpretation [2009] No.3
(Promulgated by the Supreme People’s Court on April 23 2009 and effective as of May 1 2009.)
(最高人民法院于二零零九年四月二十三日公布，自二零零九年五月一日起施行。)
The Interpretation has been formulated pursuant to relevant laws such as the PRC Trademark Law, the PRC Anti-unfair Competition Law and the PRC Civil Procedure Law, and taking into consideration trial realities in order to protect in accordance with the law well-known trademarks in the course of the trial of trademark infringement and other such civil disputes.
为在审理侵犯商标权等民事纠纷案件中依法保护驰名商标，根据《中华人民共和国商标法》、《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》、《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》等有关法律规定，结合审判实际，制定本解释。
Article 1: For the purposes of the Interpretation, the term “well-known trademark” means a trademark that is widely known by the relevant public in China.
第一条 本解释所称驰名商标，是指在中国境内为相关公众广为知晓的商标。
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