苹果商标纠纷启发Facebook在华疯狂注册商标
<p><span word="Apple">Apple</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="iPad">iPad</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="dispute">dispute</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legitimacy">legitimacy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="trademarks">trademarks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="market">market</span>. <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reportedly">reportedly</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="registering">registering</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="trademarks">trademarks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="names">names</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="translation">translation</span> <span word="of">of</span> “<span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>”, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="users">users</span>.</p><p>苹果公司最近在商标问题上的纠纷让很多跨国企业对于自己在中国内地的商标合法权益产生了担忧。社交巨头脸书公司最近就开始了在中国的相关商标注册行动,到现在为止,一些类似于<span word="FACEBOOK">FACEBOOK</span>的中文翻译,已经被本土人士抢注了。</p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="consultancy">consultancy</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="IP">IP</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="myriad">myriad</span> <span word="variations">variations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> “<span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>” <span word="name">name</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="hired">hired</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="was">was</span> “<span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span>”, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> “<span word="reclaim">reclaim</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="trademarks">trademarks</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span>.”<span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Trademark">Trademark</span> <span word="Office">Office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="networking">networking</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="filing">filing</span> 61 <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2006, <span word="covering">covering</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="translations">translations</span>.</p><p>中国的知识产权咨询公司<span word="East">East</span> <span word="IP">IP</span>表示从他们正式受雇于<span word="facebook">facebook</span>公司来处理<span word="facebook">facebook</span>在国内的商标问题开始,他们已经发现了很多<span word="facebook">facebook</span>名字的变种在国内出现,无论是中国名字还是英文名字。该公司正在进一步收集证据,寄希望于可以借由<span word="facebook">facebook</span>在国际上的知名度和社会认可程度来重新收回商标。根据中国商标官方的消息,<span word="facebook">facebook</span>在国内从2006年开始就大量的注册了商标使用权,总数达到了61个,涵盖了无论是英文还是中文的翻译。</p>
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