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CNIPA Issues Guidance On Distinctive Character For Non-traditional Marks (Part 2)

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The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued Guidance on Distinctive Character for Non-traditional Trademarks on 29 December 2023.

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Ling Zhao
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The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued Guidance on Distinctive Character for Non-traditional Trademarks on 29 December 2023. In the second of two articles, Ling Zhao and Shufang Zhang summarise how the Guidance affects colour combination and sound marks.

Please read the first part of this article, which covers 3D trade marks, on the Class 46 blog here.

Colour combination trade marks

A colour combination trade mark refers to a trade mark consisting of the combination of two or more colours in a particular manner. The scope of protection of colour combination marks is limited to the combination of the colours used in a particular manner and does not include specific shapes.

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