13 Thousand Trademark Law-Breaking Cases Investigated by China's Government in the First Half Year of 2017

2017/11/08

In 2016, State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the PRC and relevant market supervision departments investigated 28 thousand cases violating the Trademark Law, involving 3,500 million yuan amount. In the first half year of 2017, 13 thousand cases concerning the trademark infringement, counterfeiting etc. have been investigated and solved with the whole value of 1,420 million yuan. By the end of June, 2017, China Mainland has owned 13.452 million valid trademark registrations, indicating that every 7 market entities own 1 valid trademark, and every 10 thousand market entities own 1,472 valid trademarks. Foreigners designated China to apply for 22,314 international trademark registrations through Madrid System, leading the Madrid member countries since 2005.