欧盟和德国商标确权程序比较及对我国的借鉴

Comparison of Trademark Confirmation Procedures between EU and Germany and Its Reference to China

推进商标审签机制完善、优化审查流程、提升审查质量是我国当前第五次商标法修改的目标之一。欧盟和德国商标确权程序值得借鉴;我国应对当前的审查模式做出重大修改:取消相对事由审查并采取异议后置。明确注册审查和异议程序各自的功能价值,对相应的审查或异议事由进行限缩:在注册审查阶段引入查询通知制度和第三人陈述意见制度,发挥公众监督功能;在异议阶段引入冷静期制度,体现商标权的属性;加强商标使用在商标体系中的作用,以期实现公平和效率的统一。

It is one of the goals of the fifth revision of China’s trademark law to improve the mechanism of trademark review,optimize the process of review and improve the quality of review.The procedure of confirming trademark right in EU and Germany is worth using for reference,and our country should make great modifi cation to the current mode of examination:cancel the examination of relative cause and put the opposition behind.The function value of the registration examination and the opposition procedure should be clear,and the corresponding subject matter of the examination or the objection is limited;the inquiry notice system and the third party’s statement opinion system should be introduced in the registration examination stage,and the public supervision function is brought into play;The system of cooling-off period should be introduced in the opposition stage to embody the attribute of trademark right.Our country should strengthen the function of trademark use in the trademark system in order to realize the unifi cation of fairness and effi ciency.