韩国商标法使用义务规则的新变化及对我国的借鉴

New Changes in the Rules of Obligation of Use of South Korean Trademark Law and Its Reference to China

商标使用是商标权人实质获得、维持与保护商标权的唯一途径,明确并强调商标使用义务规则与督促商标权人积极使用商标,规制恶意抢注者而言具有重要意义。然而,我国《商标法》对商标使用却长期缺乏重视。特别是注册取得体制下使用意图要件的缺失与商标使用义务具体规则的缺陷使得我国出现了大量商标被恶意抢注的现象,与设立商标权的初衷背道而驰。而同为注册取得体制的韩国《商标法》在2016年大幅度修订,以"真实使用意图"为核心对商标使用义务规则进行了完善,加大了对恶意抢注的规制力度,新法运行效果明显。因此,有必要借鉴韩国商标法使用义务规则的新变化为我国《商标法》修改提供有益思路。

Using is the only way for trademark owners to obtain, maintain and protect trademark rights in substance.It is of great significance to clarify and emphasize the rules of the use of a trademark in order to urge trademark owners to actively use trademarks and regulate malicious cybercasters. However, China Trademark Law has long lacked attention to the use of a trademark. In particular, the lack of the element of the intentional of the use of a trademark under the registration system and the defect of the specific rules of the obligations of the use of a trademark have led to the phenomenon that a large number of trademarks have been maliciously squatted in China, which runs counter to the original intention of establishing trademark rights.In 2016, the South Korean Trademark Law, which is also a registration system country, was substantially revised in "Bona Fide Intention to Use" as the core to improve the rules for the use of trademarks, and obviously increased the regulation of malicious cybersquatting.Therefore, it is necessary to learn from the new changes in the obligations of the use of a trademark of the South Korean Trademark Law to provide useful ideas for the revision about China Trademark Law.