Recently, T&C achieved remarkable successes in a series of trademark opposition cases and trademark revocation cases for non-use for three consecutive years. The opposed trademarks were ruled unregistrable by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and multiple disputed trademarks were legally revoked upon the filing of non-use revocation applications. Relying on its professional legal service capabilities in intellectual property, T&C has effectively built a solid protection barrier for clients' trademark rights and safeguarded their legitimate trademark interests.

In the representation of trademark opposition cases, the professional team of T&C accurately grasped the trademark examination criteria, and presented sufficient evidence and professional arguments around the core controversial points such as trademark similarity and the similarity of goods and services, achieving outstanding rights protection results:

        - For the trademark Yuan Meinian, the CNIPA ruled it unregistrable for all applied services in Classes 38, 41 and 42, and unregistrable for most goods and services in Classes 5, 9, 35 and 44 (only a small number of irrelevant subclasses were not supported).

        - For the trademark Meinian Shishenghe, the CNIPA ruled it unregistrable for all services in Class 44 and for most services in Class 35.

For the trademark Jiao Meinian, the CNIPA ruled it unregistrable for all goods and services in Classes 44 and 10, and for most goods and services in Classes 30 and 35.

The victories in this series of opposition cases have effectively prevented the registration of similar trademarks, avoided the risks of trademark confusion and infringement from the source, and effectively safeguarded the brand value of clients' trademarks.

In the representation of trademark non-use revocation cases, the team, with rich practical experience, accurately filed non-use revocation applications against trademarks that failed to meet the registration and use requirements in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the Trademark Law, promoting the legal revocation of multiple disputed trademarks:

        - The trademark Meixiaomei was revoked in Classes 5, 10 and 44.

        - The trademark Xiaomei was revoked in Class 10.

        - The trademark Kangmeinian was revoked in Class 5.

        - The trademark Meinianshou was revoked in Class 35.

The victories in the above non-use revocation cases have successfully cleared the barriers of idle trademarks, removed the obstacles to the registration and use of trademarks for clients' trademark layout and brand development, and further optimized the intellectual property business environment for clients.

As the core intellectual property of an enterprise, a trademark is an important cornerstone of brand development. The complete victories in these trademark opposition and non-use revocation cases not only demonstrate T&C's profound professional foundation, accurate case research and judgment capabilities, and efficient practical operation level in the field of intellectual property, but also reflect the team's mature litigation strategies and solid evidence presentation and cross-examination capabilities in trademark rights protection cases.

Going forward, T&C will continue to deepen its layout in the field of intellectual property legal services, focusing on the all-dimensional protection of intellectual property such as trademarks, patents and copyrights. Adhering to the service philosophy of professionalism, efficiency and rigor, will provide enterprises with one-stop intellectual property solutions including trademark registration, opposition, non-use revocation and infringement rights protection, help enterprises build a solid brand protection defense line, and escort the steady and long-term development of enterprise brand innovation.