China’s Trade Mark Office under new management
30 April 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The China Trade Mark Office (CTMO) and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) are both under new management and are doubling examiner numbers to try and reduce the backlogs that have choked up the system
In March, An Qinghu, who was appointed CTMO director-general in 2001, left the Office to become director-general of the foreign affairs department of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), the organization that oversees CTMO and TRAB.
Thomas Pattloch, IP officer at the EU delegation in Beijing, told Managing IP that An Qinghu left “in the normal order of things”. He is replaced by Li Jianchang, from the department of general affairs in SAIC. Li does not have an IP background but sources say that he has made a positive impression so far.
At TRAB, Xu Ruibiao has replaced Hu Lin as commissioner. Xu was previously head of...
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