On January 24th, the China National IP Administration (CNIPA)
announced the results of the 2021 implementation of the reform of
the mechanism for the examination and approval of trademark
registration.
In 2021 CNIPA finished a total of 10.57 million substantive
examinations of trademark registration applications. In addition,
170,000 trademark opposition examinations, and a total of 383,000
various review and adjudication cases were heard and issued
throughout the year.
A special remark in the report goes to bad faith applications.
Last year, CNIPA cumulative cracked down on 482,000 applications
for trademark registration in bad faith with no intention to
use.
More than 1,700 registered trademarks were declared invalid ex
officio, and 1,111 trademark registration applications, that were
likely to cause major adverse effects, were quickly rejected.
