替他人推銷服務與零售批發的關係梳解

Probe into the Relationship Between Sales Promotion for Others and Retail&Wholesale

我國《類似商品和服務區分表》(以下簡稱“《區分表》”)第35類規定了“替他人推銷”群組。由於《區分表》亚未將零售、批發服務單獨列入,大量零售、批發經營者選擇在“替他人推銷”群組下註册服務商標。但在實踐中,“替他人推銷”商標的核定項目是否包含零售、批發服務一直存在争議,司法實踐對此問題的態度也不甚明嘹。隨着商品零售、批發行業的發展,大量的零售、批發經營者的註册商標指定了“替他人推銷”服務,寄希望於通週註册保護自身的合法權益。

The Table for Differentiating Similar Goods and Services(hereinafter referred to as the“Differentiating Table”)in China categorizes“sales promotion for others”in Class 35.Since the Differentiating Table does not include the retail and wholesale services separately,a great number of retail and wholesale operators select to apply for registration of service trademarks under“sales promotion for others”.In practice,however,there has been a huge controversy over whether designated items under the service of Ksales promotion for othersM include retail and wholesale services.The attitude towards this issue is ambiguous in judicial prac-tice.With the development of the commodity retail and wholesale industry。