This article discusses filing an
opposition action and responding to
an opposition action for an international registration.
Filing an opposition action
For national trademark
applications, after the application is filed, the National
Intellectual Property Administration, PRC ("CNIPA") will
initiate a preliminary examination to check the application
formalities. Assuming everything is in order, the CNIPA will
issue a formal filing receipt and then begin the substantial
examination. If no rejection is issued by the CNIPA, they
will preliminarily publish the applications for opposition purposes
for 3 months.
While for international
registrations, the CNIPA conducts the ex officio examination and
the opposition procedure in parallel and does not republish
international registrations for opposition purposes.
