11,474 trademark complaints handled by administrative authorities in 2008

With intensive publicity of industrial and commercial administrative organs, the awareness of trademark protection in the whole society has been remarkably enhanced. In 2008, the industrial and commercial departments investigated and dealt with 11,474 trademark complaints, exceeding 10,000 for the first time.

It is learnt that in 2008 industrial and commercial administrative organs at all levels have dealt with 11,474 trademark complaints, accounting for 20.26% in the trademark-related cases. 10,124 cases were involved with infringement or counterfeiting, accounting for 88.23% of the total number. 3490 cases were foreign-related complaints, accounting for 30.42%.

The provincial rank is listed as follows: Guangdong with 1,561 cases ranked at the first place, followed by Zhejiang, Beijing, Fujian, Hebei and Henan. The complaints investigated by the above-mentioned six provinces amounted 6,176, taking 53.83% in the national total.

(Source：ipr.gov.cn)

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