Soaring trademarks

Trademark applications totaled more than 3 million at the end of November in China, a year-on-year increase of 29.19 percent, including 197 well-known trademarks that were approved, according to a working conference on the management of industry and commerce held recently in Beijing.

While streamlining the trademark examination process, the departments of the Trademark Office also began advance review and restricted registrations that it said helped curb unethical applications, opposition filings and transfers.

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