Q&A| Do Foreign Companies Need to File Use of Licensed Trademark

2024-04-18    Fujian Market Supervision Depa    23  

Do Foreign Companies Need to File Use of Licensed Trademark

Q&A| Do Foreign Companies Need to File Use of Licensed Trademark

Q: If the shareholders of a foreign company permit the Chinese company in which they have shares to use its trademark and sign a trademark license agreement, do they need to go to the local trademark office of the Chinese company to file? What is the filing process?

A: According to Article 3 and Article 43 of the Trademark Law, a trademark approved for registration by the Trademark Office is a registered trademark. If the trademark registrant permits others to use its registered trademark, the registrant shall file the trademark use license with the Trademark Office, and the Trademark Office shall announce it. 

Source: Fujian Market Supervision Department

【问答】国外公司许可商标使用是否要进行备案？

问：股东国外公司许可其享有股份的中国公司使用其商标，并签订商标许可协议，是否要前往中国公司本地商标局进行备案，备案程序如何？

答：根据《商标法》第三条、第四十三条，经商标局核准注册的商标为注册商标，商标注册人许可他人使用其注册商标的，许可人应当将其商标使用许可报商标局备案，由商标局公告。

来源：福建省市场监督管理局