商标注册申请权初探——写在《商标法》第三次修改之际

Study on Application Right of Trademark Registration——On the occasion of the third amendment of Trademark Law

商标注册申请权的确定能够在逻辑上衔接《商标法》关于禁止抢注条款的运用,有效扼制恶意商标抢注行为。虽然任何经营者均有申请注册商标的权利,但该权利不同于商标注册申请权。商标注册申请权是具有一定影响的未注册商标的使用人享有的排他性权利。从法的正义价值、秩序价值及商标制度的效率价值,均可推定商标注册申请权的存在。从《商标法》第31条和第41条第2款的规定也可推定出该权利。界定商标注册申请权时,应当考虑商标是否使用、第三人的使用是否导致混淆及第三人主观是否恶意等因素。

The aim of application right of trademark registration is to logically link up implementations of bans about preemptive registration, and it gets rewarding result. Every business operator has the right to apply for registering a trademark. But it is not the same right as application right of trademark registration. This right refers to an exclusive right that the owner of unregistered mark has when the trademark becomes influential in market place. The right can be figured out from just value and order value of law, as well as efficiency value of trademark legal system. It can also be reasoned out from Trademark Law. There are three main factors to be considered to defined the application right of trademark registration-including whether the trademark has been put into use, whether confusion will arise by the use of the third party, and whether the third party is in good faith.