颜色组合商标的申请与保护

The Application and Protection of Color Combination Mark

对颜色组合商标的保护是商标权在市场经济环境下不断扩张的必然要求。颜色组合商标自身的特殊性,导致目前在相关案件的审理上存在论理上的灰色区域。通过总结国际相关实践和案例,对颜色组合商标在申请和保护中的相关法律问题作出分析和思考,并就颜色组合商标申请要件的规范及非功能性的要求等理论和实践方面做出梳理和展望。

The protection for color combination mark meets the requirement of the expansion of the trademark right under the real market economy environment. Due to its own peculiarity, there exists the grey area on the reasoning of the protection of the color combination mark in current judicial cases. Further discussion on the issues of prosecution as well as litigation for color combination mark is significant by means of summarizing the relevant international practice and other jurisdictions＇ precedents. Thus, we may perfect our practice in respect of the issues of application requirements and non-functionality for the color combination mark.