Several Provisions on Standardizing Application for Trademark Registration entered into force on 1 Dec. 2019.

There are 19 articles in total, which aim to regulate the malicious trademark application, which includes: applying trademark registration not for self-use but for hoarding and subsequent transferring; copying, imitating or translating well-known trademarks of others; and preempting the registration of trademarks that have been used by others and enjoy certain influence by improper means.