The attention to Article 4 of Trademark Law has
continued since 2019. In the latest revised Trademark Law
enforced from Nov. 1st, 2019, the sentence "A
malicious trademark registration application not for the
purpose of use shall be rejected." is added to the original
Article 4. These 21 characters have endowed censors an
"imperial sword" to crack down on malicious trademark
registration applications not for the purpose of use. According to
the data released by China National Intellectual Property
Administration, it rejected more than 10,000 cases concerning
malicious trademark registration application not for the purpose of
use based on the new Trademark Law in 2020. As the
investigation port is shifted forward, the striking effect begins
to take. One and a half years have passed since November 2019, but
the attention to "Article 4" has not diminished. It has
filled the once legislative blank, making those malicious
applicants who do not rush registration of famous
