论恶意商标异议的认定及其法律规制

On the Identification and Legal Regulation of Malicious Trademark Oppositions

恶意商标异议的认定应综合考虑行为人主观上不正当行使异议权的恶意心态、客观上缺乏法律或事实正当依据的商标异议行为以及异议行为给商标注册申请人造成一定程度的损害后果等方面。规制恶意商标异议的法律对策,一方面要增强社会成员的法治意识,另一方面更应注意现有制度的完善。应完善商标异议的理由和异议人的资格制度,创设商标异议快速审查程序,增加被异议人的程序选择权利,同时建立针对恶意商标异议的惩罚性赔偿机制,通过制度的完善遏制恶意商标异议的发生。

Malicious trademark oppositions should be identified in accordance with the overall consideration of the violator's malicious mentality in his activity,his ignorance of related laws or facts,the damage his activity brought to the trademark applicant,etc.The legal countermeasures to malicious trademark oppositions include sharpening the whole society's awareness of the rule of law as well as improving the current trademark law,for example the codes concerning trademark opposition reason and the third party's qualification,establishing a fast examination procedure for trademark oppositions,giving the applicant a right to choose the procedure and establishing a compensation mechanism for malicious trademark oppositions so that such oppositions can be checked in system.