商标转让的法律问题

注册商标专用权的取得虽然需要商标局的行政审查,但注册商标专用权本质上是一种私权。在商标转让问题上,就注册商标和未注册商标采取不同的法律规则,很可能将注册商标的受让人置于极为不利的法律地位。2001年商标法修订取消了关于驳回转让复审的规定,致使利害关系人丧失了行政救济途径。统一商标转让的法律规则,变形式审查标准为实质审查标准,并在商标权的移转问题上采登记对抗主义,同时赋予利害关系人申请行政救济的权利,将最大限度地保护转让方和受让方的合法权益。

Some Legal Problems about Trademark Transfer

The administrative examination of the trademark management department is needed to acquit the right of exclusive exploitation of trademark,however in essential the right of exclusive exploitation of trademark is a kind of private rights.It is possible to make the transferee of the trademark in hard legal position if different rules are used to the registered and unregistered trademarks when they are transferred.The regulations on the rejection of a transfer re-examination are cancelled in Trademark law 2001 and resulted in the termination of administrative remedies to the interested parties.In order to protect the legal interest of the transferor and transferee,it is necessary to unify the regulations on trademark transfer,use the substantial examination standards not the formal examination ones and adopt the registration counter doctrine.At the same time the interested parties should be entitled to apply the administrative remedies.