解铃还须系铃人--论我国商标法第十条第二款之废除及地名标志禁注制度的重构

On the Abolishment of Article 10 Paragraph 2 of PRC Trademark Law and the Reconstruction of the System Prohibiting the Geographical Signs from Trademark Registration

我国商标法在1993年第一次修订时,引入了禁止某些地名标志作为商标的制度并演变成目前商标法第十条第二款。但该款规定无论在文义、性质和定位上均存在争议,导致法律适用的混乱。这种制度设计缺陷与立法之初的认识局限有关,而且难以借助法律解释的方法予以化解。建议废除我国现行商标法第十条第二款,将描述性地名标志纳入商标法第十一条的规制范围,地名标志如果有欺骗性的,则由商标法中规范欺骗性和误认的条款加以规制。

When PRC Trademark Law was first revised in 1993,the system that prohibited certain geographical terms as trademarks was introduced,turning into Article 10 paragrapgh 2 of the current Trademark Law.However,the provisions of this paragraph are controversial in terms of meaning,nature and positioning,leading to confusion in the application of the law.The flaws of this system design are related to the limited understanding at the beginning of legislation and is difficult to resolve by means of legal interpretation.It is proposed to abolish Article 10,paragraph 2 of the current Trademark Law of PRC,and involve the regulation of descriptive geographical signs into Article 11 of the PRC Trademark Law.If one geographical sign is deceptive,it shall subject to the provisions of the Trademark Law which regulate deception and misidentification.