未注册商标的法律地位

未注册商标使用权是一项民事权利,未注册商标包括一般未注册商标,有一定影响的未注册商标、驰名的未注册商标。它们分别依法享有优先注册权,在先使用权及专有使用权。这些权利基于商标功能和实际需要而产生。我国商标法对未注册商标的保护虽处于世界领先水平,但还存在概念不明确,驰名商标认定程序不当等问题。

Legal Position of Unregistered Trademarks

The right to use unregistered trademarks is a civil right. Unregistered trademarks consist of ordinary, influential and famous ones. They enjoy by law the priority of registration, the prior right of use and exclusive right of use respectively. These rights are devolved upon the function of trademarks and the actual needs of society. Though China’s trademark law protects unregistered trademarks better than other coutries’,. some problems still exist, e.g. some conceptions are not clearly delineated and the procedure to identify a famous trademark is irregular.