我国商标权维持使用制度反思与完善

Reflection and Perfection of the Trademark Right Use Maintenance System in China

商标权的维持使用在我国商标法上主要体现为“注册商标连续三年不使用撤销制度”。从司法实践来看,我国目前有关商标权人的商标使用行为能否产生维持商标权效果的判定,主要是从商标使用的形式要件和实质要件两个方面来予以考察的。但从整体上来看,该项制度仍存有疏漏之处,主要表现为缺乏对商标使用意图的规定,以及缺少对恢复使用的限制性规定。为此,我国《商标法》需要增加商标使用意图的规定,增设恢复使用的限制性规定,以更好地遏制商标囤积的现象。

The use maintenance of trademark right in China’s trademark law is mainly reflected in the“the revocation system of registered trademark unused for three consecutive years”.From the perspective of judicial practice,the determination of whether the trademark use behavior of the trademark owner can produce the effect of maintaining the trademark right in China is mainly made based on the form and substance of the trademark use.However,on the whole,there are still some omissions in the system,mainly manifested in the lack of provisions on the intention of trademark use and restrictive provisions on the resumption of use.Therefore,China’s trademark law needs to increase the provisions on the intention of trademark use and add restrictive provisions on the restoration of trademark use to better curb the phenomenon of trademark hoarding.